A quick read with some tips on dealing with people and subordinates. Gives some good insights. ( )

Very very quick read. A classic. Very simple to understand. Great for communication and goal setting. You can incorporate this mindset into your management right away. Highly recommend ( )

In spite of the rather insipid sermon-like quality to the whole work, I could not bring myself to actively dislike the book. I had thought that I’d read it once upon a time, but now think that this is not the case, and that instead I had read one of the book’s successors/shameless attempts by the authors to cash in on the minor fame engendered by the cutesy whole “one minute manager” business. Apparently Blanchard has been grinding out successors like sausage since that time, though I do not think any have been anywhere near as successful. And Spencer Johnson apparently found fame and fortune all over again with the truly frightening Who Moved my Cheese? Which I have not read, have no plans to read and would only read under threat of a red hot poker shoved deep inside my privates. But that is neither here nor there for purposes of this review.

review continued at my blog ( )

An extremely quick read about applying behaviorism to management. I think the title of this approach is highly sensational, it's not really about saving time but rather about effective behavior change. The format of the book was also neat at first, but overall felt like the authors were stacking the deck by creating fictional characters that loved the method. I enjoyed the 'plaques' in the book, and will keep them handy, but overall I'm not convinced that this method would work. I think employees would also be able to connect the dots to the roots of this method in behaviorism and feel used, like the pigeon getting grain. ( )

The One Minute Manager briefly presents the techniques and the psychology behind an effective method for managing, leading and empowering others through the story of an eager young man looking for the secret to success. After searching high and low for the elusive "effective manager," the young man finally hears of a manager who really seems to know what he is doing. The manager is nicknamed "The One Minute Manager." There are three key components to the man's management technique: First, set one minute goals with an individual; second, provide one minute praisings to the individual when their performance moves towards the desired goal; and third, respond with one minute reprimands when performance does not meet or move toward goals.

For a book that can be read in about two hours, there are plenty of practical applications where The One Minute Manager's recommended management technique can be practiced and developed. ( )