Like many common sense ideas, it's only common sense when you know it so the One Minute Manager book could have the impact of being hit on the head with a baseball bat wielded by world super heavyweight boxer Lennox Lewis.
Yes I think The One Minute Manager is that good and powerful for anyone who has problems getting the most out of their staff.
The critical ideas in the One Minute Manager all comes down to three simple techniques
One Minute Goal Setting One Minute Praisings One Minute Reprimands
That's right. That is all there is to it.
Let's go through and have a look at how the One Minute Manager works in a little more detail.
One Minute Goal Setting …show more content…
To get the highest and best performance out of each member of your team that they can deliver and to manage the team so that the overall performance is excellent.
The One Minute Manager is a remarkably simple system to learn and apply and will help you improve employee performance.
It will make your feel that you are a better manager because you have become proactive rather than reactive. You are setting goals and providing quick feedback on performance - whether good or bad.
It will make your staff feel better about their work. Yes even those that receive a few One Minute Reprimands. They will finally know what is expected of them and through the reinforcement of praisings and reprimands they begin to understand their role and the consequences.
Each of these three ideas - One Minute Goal Setting, One Minute Praisings and One Minute Reprimands are covered in more detail in the book and there are specific techniques for making each of them work effectively.
To find out more you will have to read the One Minute Manager book by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson but I am sure that you will be glad that you