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One Minute Manager

The One Minute Manager Builds High Performance Teams

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The alternative way towards better team-building, this is the bestselling management tool from the author of The One Minute Manager. Most managers spend over half their time working with a team, and the One Minute Manager's practical advice shows how any team can work better and more effectively. The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams explains the four stages on the way to building a high performing Orientation, Dissatisfaction, Resolution and Production and reveals how to tap the creativity and potential of people at all levels in order to become an effective group leader.

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First published January 1, 1950

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Ken Blanchard

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For business & leadership, see Kenneth H. Blanchard

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Profile Image for Ruba Nassereldeen ربى ناصرالدين.
59 reviews7 followers
April 1, 2020
I really liked the book, I found a lot of value in it.
I must say I’m not sure if it should’ve been shorter or it was perfectly structured to the reader’s understanding.

Highly recommend it if you’re new to a senior, manager or leader position.
And a very good reference if you’ve been there for a while.
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25 reviews
December 3, 2017
Гол тайлбарласан санаа нь бол Situational leadership буюу баг ямар нөхцөл байдалд, аль шатанд байгаагаас хамаараад удирдагч өөрийн арга барилаа өөрчилбөл багийг сайн зохион байгуулж, амжилттай байлгаж чадна гэдэг санаа байлаа. Номыг уншсаны дараа бол гол санааг нь номон дээрх нэг зурганд багтааж болох юм билээ.
Profile Image for Steve Mostafa Dafer.
16 reviews3 followers
June 17, 2017
This book shares a very interesting view on the stages of teamwork.
I'd give 5 stars for the ideas that the book presents (which can be summarized in 2 pages); the writing style, on the other hand, doesn't even deserve 3 stars;
This book contains a lot of time-wasting repetition and is written in a way as if the readers are young children.
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220 reviews
April 27, 2025
Kolejna ciekawa i wartościowa pozycja, choć już nieco trudniejsza dla mnie w odbiorze.
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315 reviews29 followers
September 23, 2019
This is a quick, light, accessible refresher of situational leadership and the stages of team development.
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57 reviews3 followers
January 22, 2021
The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 3.5

I REALLY enjoy The One Minute Manager series 💙 Earlier this month I read The NEW One Minute Manager and absolutely loved that one. I still think about it!

With this OMM, Building High Performing Teams — it was really informative and had some good stuff. But it was all just surface level.

Which is fine, gives me a reason to read more books about management 😜 but I was really enjoying what I was reading and wanted to know more about the topics discussed.

I also really enjoyed that their were two references to dogs 🐶!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁/𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱??

Favorite Quotes 💬
“Your job is to educate your people, to help them develop to the point where they can take responsibility for their work and to give them opportunities to perform.”

“Empowerment is all about letting go so that others can get going.” [loved this one! Especially for those biz owners who want to control everything and not trust their staff/team. You have to let go in order to grow!]
Profile Image for Lori-Lisa Van Gelder.
52 reviews
May 24, 2017
Dit boek luisterde ik tijdens 2-uur durende skate tocht :) Eerste half uur was even doorbijten (lange lijst opgesomd waar geen einde aan komt), daarna komt Blanchard met de bekende verhalende manier terug en maakt hij het tastbaar, voorstelbaar, concreet.

Blanchard legt in dit boek uit dat elk samenwerkend team 4 fases (1. orientatie, 2. onvrede, 3. integratie, 4.productie) doormaakt. En dat iedere fase een ander type leiderschap nodig heeft. Ook wordt er verschil gemaakt tussen managen van inhoud en van processen.

Boek heeft een hoog "ah tuurlijk, logisch"-gehalte maar goed om zo expliciet benoemd / uitgelegd te krijgen om daarmee zelf sneller fases waarin teams zitten te signaleren en met teams concreet aan de slag te gaan.
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242 reviews4 followers
May 25, 2017
En klassisk Ken Blanchard-bok där historien så klart har en central roll men där det högre betyget i större grad kommer från redskapen och insikterna som boken för med sig. Enkelt förklarat kommer ingen som läser boken att komma ihåg historien (som man faktiskt gör med andra Blanchard-boker som t.ex. Fina fisken eller Gung HO) men däremot kommer de som inte tidigare kommit i kontakt med "Situationsanpassat ledarskap" aldrig att glömma det redskapet. Den får en att förstå att det är varje ledares roll att anpassa sitt ledarskap efter sina medarbetare. Att det finns inget mer orättvist än att behandla alla lika.
Profile Image for Joe Teibel.
66 reviews
July 16, 2018
I think the "story" is good and the process is ok... the UNDERLYING principles that make the process effective are very important and completely missing from the book. Things such as knowledge workers being highly motivated by autonomy and an opportunity to master their craft. When you know the underlying stuff, any process will do so I suppose if you just want a process without bothering to know the fundamentals, then just do what the book says. Otherwise, read about the fundamentals in books like "First, Break All the Rules".
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15 reviews
January 10, 2019
Here goes the first book of 2019.

Ratings: 3/5

Loved the book. Precise, intriguing, and challenging built norms. Probably one of the best books I have read so far on this particular genre. Everyone, from managers of small teams to big-time entrepreneurs, should read this if they’re trying to build an effective and great team!
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491 reviews11 followers
July 26, 2022
Sadly, for me this was the worst book from the series so far - it feels like the overall theme again with a slightly different topic (here teams instead of general leadership) and the story felt too constructed.

Still, I like the approach and idea to tell stories to explain how different management styles and especially the situational leadership works and can be applied.
459 reviews10 followers
September 4, 2017
Read for class. It was fine. The characterization and "storyline" made it a bit more clunky than I would have preferred. While I have the highlights noted without much effort, I still could've skipped the drawn out story.
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39 reviews2 followers
November 23, 2022
Iv read this 1 &1/2 times and still couldn't really tell you anything it was trying to teach me. It just wasn't going in. It got to the point where I just went through the motions just to be able to click finished. Read another in series tho which was a lot better so will try others.
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116 reviews1 follower
December 11, 2023
“ your job as a manager is to help people and teams develop so they have confidence and commitment and their ability to share in making decisions.” If you’re a fan of the One Minute Manager brand, you’ll probably like this book.
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96 reviews4 followers
May 21, 2024
This short, concise book packs a punch. Interesting views on team dynamics and the role of leaders. The style of writing was a bit hokey, but I greatly appreciated the author getting to the point and consolidating ideas into a short but effective book.
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23 reviews
May 15, 2019
Nếu cần hiểu quá trình phát triển của một nhóm hiệu quả và cách thức lãnh đạo qua các giai đoạn thì đọc cuốn này.
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46 reviews
October 23, 2020
Brought up good points, but felt very "dumbed down" and simplistic in how it was presented
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7 reviews
June 27, 2022
This book has opened a new dimension of team work and leadership style for me. It's a beautiful book and it has given a new horizon of reasearch in the area.
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5 reviews
February 6, 2025
Some useful concepts (PERFORM model), but nothing particularly innovative: primarily recycling Situational Leadership model for the purpose of team leadership.
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14 reviews
April 27, 2025
I got a lot of great ideas from this book. I can't wait to use its principals to empower my team!
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