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Summary: Leadership and One Minute Manager - Good Read!
Review: I prefer this book to the One Minute Manger because it has the same basic concepts but deals with situational leadership, which is what most managers truly face. There are three simple precepts, which the One Minute Manager establishes with his employees: One Minute Goal Setting, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands (just as in the original One Minute Manager).1. Starting with goals that are clear to both the manager and the people who will help accomplish them. Goal setting is all about making sure employees understand perfectly what their duties are, what is expected of them and that there are no surprises. 2. The manager should work with his/her people to diagnose their "competence" and "commitment" to accomplish those goals. 3. Decide what management style is most appropriate for the individual 4. Following through and provide reprimands or praisings based on that adopted style. The Praisings and Reprimands are simply managers acknowledging that the employees are doing there jobs or not and how to deal with the situation and how to convey it to the employee. As always, I was quite stunned to find the content extremely useful and extremely simplistic. For those seeking to find additional leadership books I recommend How to Become CEO by Jeffrey Fox and two books by John Maxwell, Power of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader.
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Summary: Leadership and One Minute Manager - Good Read!
Review: I prefer this book to the One Minute Manger because it has the same basic concepts but deals with situational leadership, which is what most managers truly face. There are three simple precepts, which the One Minute Manager establishes with his employees: One Minute Goal Setting, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands (just as in the original One Minute Manager). 1. Starting with goals that are clear to both the manager and the people who will help accomplish them. Goal setting is all about making sure employees understand perfectly what their duties are, what is expected of them and that there are no surprises. 2. The manager should work with his/her people to diagnose their "competence" and "commitment" to accomplish those goals. 3. Decide what management style is most appropriate for the individual 4. Following through and provide reprimands or praisings based on that adopted style. The Praisings and Reprimands are simply managers acknowledging that the employees are doing there jobs or not and how to deal with the situation and how to convey it to the employee. As always, I was quite stunned to find the content extremely useful and extremely simplistic. For those seeking to find additional leadership books I recommend How to Become CEO by Jeffrey Fox and two books by John Maxwell, Power of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader.
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Summary: A must read for any manager!!!
Review: It was an easy read. It covered comprehensive principles which can be applied immediately. It's a must for any manager who is looking to improve their working environment.
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Summary: An easy way to learn about leadership!
Review: Leadership and the one minute manager: Increasing effectiveness through situational leadership (1985) cuts to the heart of leadership without mincing words. It is clear, meaningful and concise in explaining how situational leadership is necessary. The one-sentence blurbs and charts aid in easier understanding. Although I found the book to be set in a cheesy environment, the story is interesting and does a good job articulating that many different leadership styles are effective. I discovered that a good leader should be flexible enough to lead different people in different ways, continually wanting the best for each of them. This book tells us that leadership is more than simply managing others, but it is about working alongside and encouraging them to be good leaders as well.
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Summary: Practical Leadership Style
Review: Leadership is the key trait of any manager to handle the business of managing. Lots of theories were proposed and lot of literature has been produced on leadership styles. Here is a refreshing and down to earth proposal of situational leadership. It is a synthesis of major leadership styles already proposed. Use right leadership style with right people - different strokes to different people is the key proposal of this book. This book also proposes evolutionary nature of people at work and thus change of leadership style with the same person at different situations and evolutionary levels. The proposal of not treating unequals as equals for any reason is very sound and practical and thus makes this theory adoptable in any situation. Written in simple but very clear style, this book is a must read for everybody - whether in the business of managing or not because it can be adopted to any basic human interaction for getting right responses. It is of great help anyway for those people who are in the business of managing.
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Summary: A Must Read for Workplace Coaches
Review: One of the most difficult things for a coach to do when coaching a self-directive work team is know what leadership style needs to be in each particular leadership. I am a 25 year old coach of self-directive and have found the teachings in Situational Leadership to be invaluable. Once I know the readiness level of my work team, then I can easily adapt a leadership style which will keep harmony in my work team. Combining situational leadership with role & goal clarity, a focus on task and member satisfaction, and developing an act/advise matrix for decisions and coaching a self-directive work team becomes that much easier. Thank you for giving me another tool for my leadership toolbox.
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Summary: The only way to lead AND manage!
Review: The authors posed the material in a strange, story-like manner, but the message was clearly evident. Situational leadership and its use in management was defined explicitly with the help of common examples in a business environment. Being unaware of this style of leadership has influenced me to now practice situational leadership both with work and my personal life. I recommend any manager read this. The authors simplistically explained the keys to eventually help one lead individuals to success in any situation.
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Summary: The Effective Way to Lead and Manage
Review: The authors posed the material in a strange, story-like structure, but the message was clearly evident. Situational leadership and its use in management was defined explicitly with the help of common examples in a business environment. Being unaware of this style of leadership has influenced me to now practice situational leadership both at work and in my personal life. I recommend any manager read this. The authors simplistically explained the keys to eventually help one manage and lead individuals to success in any situation!
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Summary: This book has great motivational quotes
Review: This book is written by a new York Times #1 Bestselling auhtor, Ken Blanchard, and has many motivating and catchy quotes! This book is derived from his situational leadership concepts with the help of two other authors that have worked with Ken for over twenty years. It is a quick read(105 pgs.) and can be read in about 45min. It is written in first person and this creates a valuable learning perspective. Managers can take these concepts into the workforce without any effort at all. If you like motivational quotes this book is for you!
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Summary: Optimize your leadership skills
Review: This book shows you how to becoming a situational leader by: 1. Crystallizing goals that are clear to both the manager and the people involved. 2. Participating together to examine "competence" and "commitment" to accomplish those goals. 3. Contracting with each employee about the tasks at hand and jointly agreeing which leadership style will likely be most effective. This is Optimal Thinking, the mental software needed to optimize performance. 4. Following through to provide the agreed-upon leadership style until feedback suggests another option. The book provides a realistic roadmap for diagnosing each employee's status in relation to important goals. This book provides a practical roadmap for the leader. Read it and read Optimal Thinking: How to Be Your Best Self to learn how to optimize your thinking, be your best, bring out the best in others and create the best results. This is a 10-star combination!
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