Book Review of the One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard, and Spencer Johnson is a tremendous book for any entrepreneur or corporate manager. The book delves into the idea anyone can be a great manager by following three simple steps. In the end the book notes that doing this will help your employees and make your business more profitable. Equally important is that you will learn to trust the people who work for you, so you do not need to be a micromanager.The first of these principles are one minute goals. A one minute goal is a 250 words or less goal about an important objective for an employee to reach. Essentially, you sit down with the employee and decide on different tasks that they need to do. Then you use the Pareto principle, which states that 80% of your results come from 20% of your tasks. Determine what the 20% of tasks needed to be completed that are essential for the specific employee. Then have them write on separate sheets of paper one minute goals for each.While creating a go
al is always important, watching to make sure that the work is done properly is crucial manager's business. That is why the one minute manager looks to catch an employee in the act of doing something right. This is called 1 Minute Praising. The ability to compliment your employees for what they do right will encourage them to do it over and over again. That is the reason why a one minute manager does not need to be a micro manager, because the employees looks to do things right for the recognition it will bring.That now begs the question of what happens when someone does something wrong? The one minute manager talks to the employee about what they are feeling about the situation, not the employee as they address what was done incorrectly. The manager then follows up with praise about other aspects of the employees to ensure that the employee does not feel hurt by this experience and make this a rare occasion.So what is the one minute manager? Are they someone who comes to wo
rk for one minute every day? I think not! Instead, they are someone who use their time wisely to the benefit of all their employees, stockholders, and customers.

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