The One Minute Manager reveals three secrets to effective management: one minute goal setting, one minute praising, and one minute reprimanding. The book tells the story of a young man learning management skills from a highly successful manager. This manager's success is attributed to setting clear goals with employees in under a minute, immediately praising employees when they meet goals, and promptly reprimanding poor performance while maintaining respect for the employee. The book advocates for specific, timed steps in each of these three areas to improve productivity and employee motivation.

1. THE ONE MINUTE
MANAGER
By: Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson

2. BOOK SUMMARY
 The One Minute Manager reveals three secrets to productive and
efficient managing, told through a young man's search for the perfect
managing and leading skills. The One Minute Manager himself is a
venerable leader that is highly spoken of by his employees. His three
secrets are shown to be the key to his success.

3. 3 SIMPLE STEPS -
ONE MINUTE EACH
1. One Minute Goal Setting
2. One Minute Praising's
3. One Minute Reprimands

4. STEP #1: ONE MINUTE GOAL
SETTING
 The authors advocate the
80-20 goal-setting rule: that
80% of your really important
results will come from 20% of
your goals.
 Make it clear what is
expected of them.

5. ONE MINUTE GOAL
SETTING STEPS
 1. Agree on your goals.
 2. See what good behavior looks like.
 3. Write out each of your goals on a single sheet of paper using
less than 250 words.
 4. Read and re-read each goal, which requires only a minute or so
each time you do it.
 5. See whether or not your behavior matches your goal.

6. STEP #2: ONE MINUTE
PRAISING’S
 The authors suggest that
effective managers help people
reach their full potential by
catching them doing something
right. "People who feel good
about themselves produce good
results."

7. ONE MINUTE PRAISING‘S
STEPS
 1. Tell people up front that you are going to let them know how they are doing.
 2. Praise people immediately.
 3. Tell people how good you feel about what they did right, and how it helps the
organization and the other people who work there and encourage them to do more.
 4. Stop for a moment of silence to let them "feel" how good you feel.
 5. Shake hands or touch people in a way that makes it clear that you support
their success in the organization.

8. STEP #3: ONE MINUTE
REPRIMANDS
 "Clearly the number
one motivator of
people is feedback on
results." Feedback is
the breakfast of
champions.

9. ONE MINUTE REPRIMAND
STEPS
the first half of the reprimand:
 2. Reprimand them immediately. [reprimand the behavior only, not the person or their worth]
 3. Tell people what they did wrong - be specific.
 4. Tell people how you feel about what they did wrong - and in no uncertain terms.
 5. Stop for a few seconds of uncomfortable silence to let them feel how you feel.
the second half of the reprimand:
 6. Shake hands, or touch them in a way that lets them know you are honestly on their side.
 7. Remind them how much you value them.
 8. Reaffirm that you think well of them but not of their performance in this situation.
 9. Realize that when the reprimand is over, it's over.

10. KEYS TO CHOOSING
SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYEES
The authors write that, as a manager, there are three choices
when it comes to getting the most out of an employee:
 1. Hire a winner (can be hard to find and expensive to hire and keep)
 2. Hire someone with potential to be a winner and then
systematically train them
 3. Prayer