One Minute Manager

Book Overview

The One Minute Manager is a short book by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson. The brief volume tells a story, recounting three techniques of an effective manager: one minute goals, one minute praisings, and one minute reprimands. 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: