Business
The New One Minute Manager
Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson
3.8 (127) 10 min read 6 key ideas
A classic management parable teaching that brief, specific goal-setting, praising, and redirecting produce more effective management than lengthy, complex processes.
Key takeaways
- A Parable Format for Management Wisdom
- One Minute Goal Setting
- One Minute Praisings
- One Minute Redirects
- Why Brevity Itself Is the Point
- Becoming Your Own One Minute Manager
Action checklist
- Set one clear, one-minute goal with a direct report today
- Give one specific praising today immediately after noticing good work
Final takeaway
The authors' consistent argument throughout the book is that these three simple, brief techniques — when consistently, genuinely practiced together as an integrated system — provide a considerably more effective, sustainable management approach than either purely goal-focused management lacking genuine ongoing feedback, or feedback-focused management lacking clear foundational goal-setting from the outset.
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