The New One Minute Manager
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The New One Minute Manager

Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson, M.D.

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The New One Minute Manager

Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson, M.D.

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A revised edition of the timeless business classicā€”updated to help today's readers succeed more quickly in a rapidly changing world.

For decades, The One Minute Manager Ā® has helped millions achieve more successful professional and personal lives. While the principles it lays out are timeless, our world has changed drastically since the book's publication. The exponential rise of technology, global flattening of markets, instant communication, and pressures on corporate workforces to do more with lessā€”including resources, funding, and staffā€”have all revolutionized the world in which we live and work.

Now, Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson have updated The One Minute Manger to introduce the book's powerful, important lessons to a new generation. In their concise, easy-to-read story, they teach readers three very practical secrets about leading othersā€”and explain why these techniques continue to work so well.

As compelling today as it was thirty years ago, this classic parable of a young man looking for an effective manager is more relevant and useful than ever.

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Year
2015
ISBN
9780062389152
Subtopic
Management

The Search

ONCE there was a bright young man who was looking for a special kind of manager who could lead and manage in todayā€™s changing world.
He wanted to find one who encouraged people to balance their work and their life, so that each became more meaningful and enjoyable.
He wanted to work for one and he wanted to become one.
His search had taken him over many years to the far corners of the world.
He had been in small towns and in the capitals of powerful nations.
He had spoken with many managers who were trying to deal with a rapidly changing world: executives and entrepreneurs, government administrators and military personnel, university presidents and foundation directors; with managers of shops and stores, of restaurants, banks, and hotels; with men and womenā€”young and old.
He had gone into every kind of office, large and small, luxurious and sparse, with windows and without.
He was beginning to see the full spectrum of how people manage people.
But he wasnā€™t always pleased with what he saw.
He had seen many ā€œtoughā€ managers whose organizations seemed to win while the people working there lost.
Some thought they were good managers. Many thought otherwise.
As the young man sat in each of these ā€œtoughā€ peopleā€™s offices, he asked, ā€œWhat kind of a manager would you say you are?ā€
Their answers varied only slightly.
ā€œIā€™m a bottom-line managerā€”I keep on top of the situation,ā€ he was told. ā€œHard-nosed.ā€ ā€œRealistic.ā€ ā€œProfit-minded.ā€
They said they had always managed that way and saw no reason to change.
He heard the pride in their voices and their interest in results.
The young man also met many ā€œniceā€ managers whose people seemed to win while their organizations lost.
Some of the people who reported to them thought they were good managers.
Those to whom they reported had their doubts.
As the young man sat and listened to these ā€œniceā€ people answer the same question, he heard:
ā€œIā€™m a participative manager.ā€ ā€œSupportive.ā€ ā€œConsiderate.ā€ ā€œHumanistic.ā€
They also said they had always managed that way and saw no reason to change.
He heard the pride in their voices and their interest in people.
But he was disturbed.
It was as though most managers in the world were still managing the way they had always done and were primarily interested either in results or in people.
Managers who were interested in results often seemed to be labeled ā€œautocratic,ā€ while the ones interested in people were often labeled ā€œdemocratic.ā€
The young man thought each of these typesā€”the ā€œtoughā€ autocrat and the ā€œniceā€ democratā€”was only partially effective. Itā€™s like being half a manager, he thought.
He returned home tired and discouraged.
He might have given up his search long ago, but he had one great advantage. He knew exactly what he was looking for.
In these changing times, he thought, the most effective managers manage themselves and the people they work with so that both the people and the organization profit from their presence.
The young man had looked everywhere for an effective manager but had found only a few. The few he did find would not share their secrets with him. He began to think maybe he would never find what he was looking for.
Then he began hearing marvelous stories about a special manager who lived, surprisingly, in a nearby town. He heard that people liked to work for this man and that they produced great results together.
He also heard that when people applied the managerā€™s principles to their personal lives, they got great results as well.
He wondered if the stories were really true and, if so, whether this person would be willing to share his secrets with him.
Curious, he phoned the assistant to this special manager to see if he might get an appointment. To his surprise, the assistant put him through to the manager immediately.
The young man asked when he might be able to meet with him, and the manager said, ā€œAnytime this week is fine, except Wednesday morning. You pick the time.ā€
The young man was puzzled. What kind of manager had that kind of time available? But he was fascinated as well, and went to see him.

The New One Minute Manager

WHEN the young man arrived at the Managerā€™s office, he found him looking out the window. The Manager turned and invited him to sit down. ā€œWhat can I do for you?ā€
ā€œIā€™ve heard great things about you and would like to know more about the way you manage.ā€
ā€œWell, weā€™re using our proven methods in several new ways to deal with all the changes that are happening, but we can get to that later. Letā€™s begin with the basics.
ā€œWe used to be a top-down managed company, which worked in its time. But today that structure is too slow. It doesnā€™t inspire people and it stifles innovation. Customers demand quicker service and better products, so we need everyone to contribute their talent. The brainpower isnā€™t only in the executive officeā€”it can be found throughout the organization.
ā€œSince speed is a currency of success now, leading with collaboration is far more effective than the old command-and-control system.ā€
ā€œHow do you lead with collaboration?ā€
ā€œI meet with our team once a week on Wednesday morningsā€”thatā€™s why I couldnā€™t meet with you then. At those meetings I listen as our group reviews and analyzes what they achieved the previous week, the problems they had, what remains to be accomplished, and their plans and strategies to get those things done.ā€
ā€œAre the decisions made at those meetings binding on both you and your team?ā€
ā€œYes, they are. The purpose of the meeting is for people to participate in making key decisions about what theyā€™re going to do next.ā€
ā€œThen youā€™re a participative manager, arenā€™t you?ā€ asked the young man.
ā€œNot really. I believe in facilitating, but not in participating in making other peopleā€™s decisions.ā€
ā€œThen what is the purpose of your meetings?ā€
ā€œDidnā€™t I just tell you that?ā€
The young man felt uncomfortable and wished he hadnā€™t made that mistake.
The Manager paused and took a breath. ā€œWeā€™re here to get results. By drawing on the talents of everyone, weā€™re a lot more productive.ā€
ā€œOh, so youā€™re more results-oriented than people-oriented.ā€
The Manager got to his feet and began to walk about. ā€œTo succeed sooner, managers must be both results-oriented and people-oriented.
ā€œHow on earth can we get results if itā€™s not through people? So I care about people and results, because they go hand in hand.
ā€œTake a look at this.ā€ The Manager pointed to his computer. ā€œI keep this as my screen saver to remind me of a practical truth.ā€
*
People Who Feel
Good About

Themselves
Produce
Good Results.
*
As the young man looked at the screen, the Manager said, ā€œThink about yourself. When do you work best? Is it when you feel good about yourself? Or when you donā€™t?ā€
The young man nodded as he began to see the obvious. ā€œI get more done when Iā€™m feeling good about myself.ā€
ā€œOf course you do, and so does everyone else.ā€
ā€œSo,ā€ the visitor said, ā€œhelping people feel good about themselves is a key to productivity.ā€
ā€œYes. However, rememberā€”productivity is more than just the quantity of work done. It is also the quality.ā€ He walked over to the window and said, ā€œLook at this.ā€
When the young man reached the window, the Manager pointed to a restaurant below. ā€œDo you see how many customers that restaurant has?ā€
The young man saw people lined up outside the restaurant door. ā€œMust be a good location for a restaurant,ā€ he observed.
The Manager asked, ā€œIf thatā€™s true, why arenā€™t people lined up in front of the other restaurant two doors away? Why do people want to eat at the first restaurant and not at the second?ā€
The young man replied, ā€œBecause the food and service are better?ā€
ā€œYes. Itā€™s pretty simple. Without giving people a quality product and the service they wan...

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