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.The One Minute Manager

by: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson

July 01, 2000
I didnt get this book at all. I dont understand what all the fuss is about. Its not a very brillant style of writing. I have read "who moved my cheese" and was not impressed either.

I don't understand why its a bestseller.
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.Leadership and the One Minute Manager

by: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi, Drea Zigarmi

March 01, 2000
This is okay - but if you've been a manager for some time, you will probably find this book a little bit boring and not really gain much from this read. Great for new manager's - would pass on junior managers.
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.The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey (One Minute Manager)

by: Kenneth H. Blanchard

December 04, 2000
To say this book accurately reflects the common delegation and mgmt pitfalls that I and most new managers fall into is an understatement.

I read this book at the weekend, and for the first time in weeks i'm actually enjoying being in work.

A "MUST READ" for any manager who's feeling their quality life is being wrecked by too much work.

This book may well just save my sanity :-)
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.The One Minute Manager Builds High Performance Teams (One Minute Manager)

by: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Donald Carew, Eunice Parisi-Carew

May 15, 2000
Same story as most of the other best-selling One Minute Manager books - People can be managed like dogs or idiotic children. The approach works great if you're the Manager applying the BS but if you're forced to eat it (ie you're an employee / human resource), it can be very frustrating and mentally destabilizing. On a serious note, there's a sinister agenda running through these books, highly stacked in favor of 'managers'.

Great book for the skindeep, none-too-bright, busy executive wanting a quick-fix to inflict onto his stupid employees and / or a line of crap to spout to his upper levels!
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.Raving Fans: Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service (One Minute Manager)

by: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles

June 15, 1998
What a great book! A simple and fast read with key messages that anyone can implement in their jobs. I'm about to become one of those annoying managers who buys a copy for everyone in their team.
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.Gung Ho!: Turn on the People in Any Organization (One Minute Manager)

by: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles

June 15, 1998
This isn't your typical management book about motivating your workers. In this book you follow the main character trying to turn a factory around and saving it from being shut down. The book uses concepts that seem taken from Native American culture to convince the reader about sound management principles. You cannot help nodding in agreement as you experience how the squirrel, the badger and the goose are used as symbols for how work environments should be. This is an entertaining and enlightening read that you should finish in little time, but which will haunt you for longer.
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.The Little Book of Coaching: Motivating People to be Winners: Motivating People to Be Winners (One Minute Manager)

by: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Don Shula

April 15, 2002
As soon as I saw the title I knew that I must buy it not only for myself but also for my son who is starting out on a career of as a coach.

Nick isn't the greatest reader in the world but as soon as he saw the layout he said that's more like a book for me with the clear statements on most facing pages.

It follows a tried and tested formula but this time he teams up with one of the greatest American Football Coaches Don Shula and they combine Coaching in sport with the lessons that are equally applicable to everyday life as well as the business world.

As we drove back from the U/18's Rugby League match today I pointed out the page on how Don had after an operation at 2:30pm on a ruptured Achilles still made it to training ... Read More:
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.Putting the One Minute Manager to Work (One Minute Manager)

by: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Robert Lorber

August 21, 2000
If you read the first book and had a nagging feeling that it didn't really explain the full ins and outs of the one minute management concept (i.e. after agreeing the objectives, is the next step really just to wait and either shake their had or kick them in the ass?) Then this is the book for you as it talks much more about the subtle steps that make up the process (such as coaching and reviewing) that I feel were mentioned a little too briefly in the first book. In my opinion a good follow-up to the first book, but information that really should have been included as a second chapter in the first book. (A case of 'one book for the price of two' rather than the more traditional 'two books for the price of one'). But still well worth a read.
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.The On-time, On-target Manager (One Minute Manager)

by: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Steve Gottry

January 03, 2005
I bought this book for one reason, i am a last minute manager. Despite attempts by myself and others i have never been able to shake the habit. This book is helping.

Whereas there is a lot here i already know it is the occasional flashes of inspiration, and more importantly discomfort, moments where i am no longer reading about bob but myself, that are most useul.

Told in the recognisable parabal format, this book shows through the charicters how to change your behaviours by using guidelines which direct you to a decision rather than indecision. The key element here is that in dealing with a negative (how do i stop...) rather than the usual positive (how do i start...)the story becomes deeper as it follows the logical psychological journey ... Read More:
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.The One Minute Manager

by: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson

June 27, 1994
This easy to read book opens the door on a concept of people management hitherto unknown in the table-thumping boardrooms of Smallbusinessville. In not much more than 100 pages, Ken Blanchard shows us that getting the best out of our fellow team members is not about 'showing them who's boss', but has more to do with a system of reward and recognition designed to set goals and help people achieve those goals.

A word of warning! Reading this book may seriously change your attitudes to people management. I have already found its contents to be of real and practical help here in my own professional practice, but above all in my role as a pro-active accountant and business developer.
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