Books in One Minute Manager series

How to apply the key techniques learnt in One-Minute Manager. This is the companion to the original blockbuster bestseller which has transformed businesses around the world. This is the essential companion volume to The One Minute Manager, the international bestseller praised by top managers around the world. This book shows how the One Minute management techniques can be applied on a day-to-day basis to improve performance, productivity and profits. Their message is that there is no 'quick fix'. The keys to successful management are conviction and consistency. Putting the One Minute Manager to Work is essential reading for all those who aspire to management, and to managing well.

With a new foreword by Ken Blanchard How management can effectively rid themselves of 'monkeys' -- other people's responsibilities that cling to them and prevent them managing efficiently. This book explains in simple-minded if abstract terms how to achieve a balance between supervision and delegation for reduced tension and improved productivity in the workplace. 'There is a high correlation between self-reliance and morale,' stress the authors. With humour and logic they describe the delicate business of assigning monkeys to the right masters and keeping them healthy, i.e., fed and cared for: '! if monkeys are managed properly, you don't have to manage people so much.'

The world's foremost producer of personal development audio programs now offers an inside look at how you can make the most of your management skills. With more than two million hardcover copies in print, "The One Minute Manager" is one of the most successful management audio programs ever published. Now, the bestselling team of Blanchard and Lorber bring you the ever-timely strategies of One Minute Management in "Putting the One Minute Manager to Work" -- an indispensible success tool for any manager striving to get the most from his or her people. Relied on by the largest corporations in America for their ability to motivate employees at every level, the strategies of One Minute Management can: * Improve job satisfaction among employees by giving them well-defined roles * Build morale by teaching how and when to give One Minute Praisings and Reprimands * Increase profits by setting goals that are clear, agreed upon and have measurable results * Boost productivity with the five-step system that encourages teamwork among managers and their employees * Train winners instead of workers with innovative techniques for encouraging top performance