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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
very helpful. I love this approach to leadership and the books keeps it very simple with great visuals to help.
Okay, clearly I did not read this book by choice. It was pretty good, although I'm not sure how much of it was really new information to me.
More lessons from the One Minute Manager (a fictional character invented by these authors to teach the rest of us how to be good managers and leaders.) Here, Blanchard and his coauthors apply the key techniques of the One Minute Manager (one-minute goal setting, one-minute praisings, and one-minute reprimands) to the task of leadership and expand on the concept to describe the various circumstances requiring different kinds of responses from leaders and managers. As always, the book is easy to read and follow, with lessons delivered in quick bites. Those who learn visually will especially appreciate the various diagrams and schematic representations of the key concepts. I liked this one and will no doubt mention it often to colleagues and clients.
Blanchard's writing style and I do not sit well together. But some decent advice.
Sometimes books could just be leaflets. The story element of this book worked way too hard and was so full of waffle. The actual useful content of the book could be fit onto two pages.
Still, a very easy read, did a few pages a day while I waited for the laptop to boot up.
Still, a very easy read, did a few pages a day while I waited for the laptop to boot up.
informative
slow-paced
This is a simple book about how to become a better manager. It's designed to be read efficiently so the busy working person can read it in-between meetings, at lunch, or during the week before holiday break when the office is mostly dead. Since that is it's goal, it achieves it, and I recommend this book to managers who don't have a lot of time on their hands.
While reading it, I found that I already do some of the techniques mentioned in the book, which was a relief, but now there was a fancy name attached to it. There's an attempt at narrative to keep the reader's interest while others might find it pedantic. A word of advice: don't expect a lot from this book, and you'll come away having learned something. I really do believe the material in here was interesting and valuable, even if I could've done without the imaginary employees.
What struck me the most was how Blanchard discusses that different people need different management styles, and sometimes people need a manager who's more encouraging and supportive than authoritarian. Even though this was written in the 80s, the time of big business and gluttonous commercialism, this was insightful. People make fun of millennials for constantly needing praise in the workforce, when this book illustrates that's not true. Everyone needs it at some point in their careers. Take that, grumpy old people.
Again, if you're a manager looking to spruce up your skills, I recommend reading this book. It's quick, easy, to the point, and the narrative isn't really that bad. Sure, the stories it presents are idyllic and don't illustrate scenarios with "bad" employees, but I still think managers can take the points raised in this book and apply them to those individuals as well as everyone else.
While reading it, I found that I already do some of the techniques mentioned in the book, which was a relief, but now there was a fancy name attached to it. There's an attempt at narrative to keep the reader's interest while others might find it pedantic. A word of advice: don't expect a lot from this book, and you'll come away having learned something. I really do believe the material in here was interesting and valuable, even if I could've done without the imaginary employees.
What struck me the most was how Blanchard discusses that different people need different management styles, and sometimes people need a manager who's more encouraging and supportive than authoritarian. Even though this was written in the 80s, the time of big business and gluttonous commercialism, this was insightful. People make fun of millennials for constantly needing praise in the workforce, when this book illustrates that's not true. Everyone needs it at some point in their careers. Take that, grumpy old people.
Again, if you're a manager looking to spruce up your skills, I recommend reading this book. It's quick, easy, to the point, and the narrative isn't really that bad. Sure, the stories it presents are idyllic and don't illustrate scenarios with "bad" employees, but I still think managers can take the points raised in this book and apply them to those individuals as well as everyone else.
