''The One Minute Manager'' is a short book by

Ken Blanchard Kenneth Hartley Blanchard (born May 6, 1939) is an American author, business consultant and motivational speaker who has written more than 70 books, most of which were co-authored. His most successful book, '' The One Minute Manager'', has sol ...

and Spencer Johnson. The brief volume tells a story, recounting three techniques of an effective

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: one minute goals, one minute praisings, and one minute

reprimand A reprimand is a severe, formal or official reproof. Reprimanding takes in different forms in different legal systems. A reprimand in custody may be a formal legal action issued by a government agency or professional governing board (e.g. medic ...

s. Each of these takes only a minute but is purportedly of lasting benefit. Shortly after publication the book became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. ''The One Minute Manager'' has sold 15 million copies and been translated into 47 languages.

Content

If you were the manager of a company and given a minute, what would you do? In the story ''The One Minute Manager'', describe a motivated young man is trying to find an effective manager. But after several searches, the results were always empty and disappointing. One day, he heard about a manager known as ''The One Minute Manager'', and he visited the "one-minute manager" with suspicion, and finally realized that the true meaning of management comes from three secrets:

Sequels

The book was followed by a sequel, ''Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership II'', by Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi and Drea Zigarmi, which laid out Blanchard's SLII concept.

New edition

An updated edition of the book, ''The New One Minute Manager'', was published in 2015. In the new edition, the third technique, the one minute reprimand, was changed to the one minute redirect.

Reception

''The One Minute Manager'' has been widely praised for its universal appeal and for reducing esoteric management theory into simple, actionable techniques. ''Time'' magazine cited it as one of the 25 Most Influential Business Management Books. The concept has also been called a

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, and derivative of

management by objectives Management by objectives (MBO), also known as management by planning (MBP), was first popularized by Peter Drucker in his 1954 book ''The Practice of Management''.Drucker, P., ''The Practice of Management'', Harper, New York, 1954; Heinemann, Londo ...

, itself derived from the business planning literature. One critic called it "the executive equivalent of paper-training your dog". In 2001 the ''Wall Street Journal'' ran an article noting that ''The One Minute Manager'' bore a resemblance to an article written by Blanchard's former colleague, Arthur Elliot Carlisle.The Liars' Club
by Jon Entine, ''San Francisco Chronicle''

References

External links

kenblanchard.com
- homepage of ''The Ken Blanchard Companies''
Blanchard's Situational Leadership II Model
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