The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams

One Minute Manager

by Kenneth H. Blanchard, Eunice Parisi-Carew

Never before in the history of the workplace has the concept of teamwork been more important to the functioning of successful organizations. Ken Blanchard, bestselling coauthor of Raving Fans, The One Minute Manager , and Gung Ho! teams up with Donald Carew and Eunice Parisi-Carew to explain how all groups move through four stages of development on their way to becoming high performing teams -- orientation, dissatisfaction, integration, and production. The authors then show how a manager can help any group to become fully effective quickly and with hardly any stress. This valuable addition to The One Minute Manager® Library is essential for anyone who works with groups and wants to build a high performing team.

Genres: Business, Leadership, Management, Nonfiction, Self Help, Personal Development, Audiobook

110 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1950

About the author

Ken Blanchard, one of the most influential leadership experts in the world, is the coauthor of the iconic bestseller, The One Minute Manager, and 60 other books whose combined sales total more than 21 million copies. His groundbreaking works have been translated into more than 27 languages and in 2005 he was inducted into Amazon’s Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 bestselling authors of all time.

Ken is also the cofounder and chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies®, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Margie Blanchard, began in 1979 in San Diego, California.

When he’s not writing or speaking, Ken also spends time teaching students in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership Program at the University of San Diego. Ken can be found at www.kenblanchard.com.

Reviews

[Ruba Nassereldeen ربى ناصرالدين · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Saruul · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Steve Mostafa Dafer · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Magulec · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kolejna ciekawa i wartościowa pozycja, choć już nieco trudniejsza dla mnie w odbiorze.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a quick, light, accessible refresher of situational leadership and the stages of team development.

[Dennis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short informative read, the best kind

[Kylie Holliman-Rivera · Rating 3 out of 5]

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!]

[Lori-Lisa Van Gelder · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Micke Sandlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Joe Teibel · Rating 2 out of 5]

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".

[Syed salman ahmed · Rating 3 out of 5]

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!

[Christoph Kappel · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Paigeys · Rating 1 out of 5]

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.

[Dianna · Rating 2 out of 5]

“ 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.

[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Josephine Blümel · Rating 5 out of 5]

We train animals but we educate people!

[Simon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Easy to read, hard to believe

[Honza Jaroš · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book with overview on group dynamics

[Christian Jespersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as good as the one minute manager, but definitely actionable.

[Trịnh Khiêm · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Jason Mesiarik]

Another addition to the One Minute Manager Library.

[Dan Dawson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Same as all the other books.

[Riki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brought up good points, but felt very "dumbed down" and simplistic in how it was presented

[Ioannidesz Evjeniosz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book!!!

[Diogo Alves]

Great paraboles about managing.

[Vandana Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Jean-Michel Roy · Rating 5 out of 5]

book notes - https://ssprod.me/blog/2021/08/05/boo...

[Andrzej · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some useful concepts (PERFORM model), but nothing particularly innovative: primarily recycling Situational Leadership model for the purpose of team leadership.

[Rebecca Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got a lot of great ideas from this book. I can't wait to use its principals to empower my team!