This document provides techniques for effective one minute management. It discusses managing stress levels and increasing productivity through setting clear and concise goals that can be reviewed daily. It emphasizes catching employees doing things right through brief and sincere praise to reinforce their abilities. Reprimands should also be delivered privately and focus on the action, not the person, while reinforcing confidence in the employee's abilities. The best use of time is investing in people.

1. One Minute Management Techniques
Vinod Bidwaik

2. Manage
• Peace of Mind
You Will Learn
• Reduce Stress Levels
• Increase Productivity
• Simplify Your Life

3. What Kind Of Manager Are You?
• Autocratic Boss?
– Micromanage
– Rigid & demanding
– Decision maker
•Democratic Boss?
–Friendly with staff
–Supportive & humanistic
–Trusting & nurturing

4. Effective Managers
• Effective managers,
manage themselves
and the people they
work with so that both
the people and the
organization profit
from their presence.

5. How Do You Feel?
• Question – When is it that you work the
best?
People that feel good about themselves, work better,
work smarter and are more productive and produce
better results.
• Answer – When you feel good about your
job and about yourself.

6. Is Your Job A Coincidence?
• Are you doing your job?
• Does your boss know you are doing your job?
• Are your employees doing their job?
• Does your boss know your employees are doing
their job?
• Do you know what you job is and better yet, is it
the job you are supposed to be doing?
Questions

7. One Minute Goals

8. One Minute Goals
• Goals should be printed and kept for
review.
• Goals should not exceed one page – no
more then 250 words.
• Goals should be clear and concise.
• 80/20 Rule – 80% of your results will
come from 20% of your goals.

9. Solving Problems
• Problems should be explored in definable
measurable terms.
• If you can’t explain what you would like to
happen, then you don’t have a problem. You
are just complaining.
• A problem only exists if there is a difference
between what is actually happening and what
you desire to be happening.

10. Employees are hired to do their job!
• Why bother hiring someone to do a job if
you plan on doing the job for them.
• Teach employees to solve their own
problems, give them the questions and
methodologies in order to solve day to day
problems and issues.
• Confirm your faith in their ability.

11. One Minute Goals - Reviewed
• Agree on goals.
• Write out goals on a single sheet of paper,
not to exceed 250 words.
• Read and re-read each goal.
• Check your performance daily
• Make sure your behavior matches your goal.

12. One Minute Praising

13. Communicate Clearly!
• Make clear in no uncertain
terms when someone is
doing well and when
someone is doing poorly.
• People will go so far for
money, however will go the
extra mile for praise and
recognition.

14. Management Style!
• Most managers do not
manage this way.
• Employees may not
know how to respond
to such direct treatment.

15. One Minute Praise
• Help people reach their full potential,
catch them doing something right.
• Give them brief but sincere praise.
• Reinforce their abilities.
• Use contact to reinforce your confidence.
• Employees will learn to praise themselves
and continue to reinforce your confidence.

16. One Minute Praise Reviewed
• Tell people up front that you are going to
tell them how they are doing.
• Praise people quickly after catching them
doing something right.
• Be specific in your praise.
• Shake hands or touch people in a way to
show your support and what they are
doing for the team and organization.

17. One Minute Reprimand

18. When, Why …
• Reprimand only immediately after
becoming aware of a problem / issue that
requires a reprimand.
• Reprimand only if you have actual
knowledge of an issue. Never rely on third
party information.
• Always reprimand one-on-one and never
in the presence of other employees.

19. … & How
• Sit with the person, not across and please
don’t make the person feel inferior.
• Look the person right in the eye and
express not only what they did wrong, but
how you feel.
• Reprimand the action and not the person.
Show your trust in the person and that you
have respect for them and the ability.

20. … & How
• Have the person being reprimanded agree
that there will not be a repeat of the same
problem.
• Reinforce your faith in the employees
ability. Make sure they know you are on
top of things.
• End on a positive note.

21. One Minute Reprimand - Reviewed
• Tell people before hand that you will in no
uncertain terms tell them how they are doing.
• Reprimand people immediately.
• Tell them what they did specifically wrong.
• Shake hands, touch shoulder, let them know you
are honestly on their side.
• Reaffirm that you value them as a person and
employee but not their performance or actions
• When the reprimand is over it is over.

22. The best time you will spend is the
time you spend investing in people!

23. Disclaimer: Views expressed here are his own views and do not represent his organization's
(current & past) views.
Vinod Bidwaik is a seasoned HR professional with more than 14 years of experience in HR with 10
years of leadership experience in big Indian and Multinationals industries, viz: manufacturing, media,
automobile and life science & material science companies.
Vinod is currently working with DSM India Pvt Ltd as Country Head –HR for engineering plastics
division. He is also a part of India Management Team of DSM India. DSM is the part of Royal DSM NV,
life science and material science company. He has wide experience in Indian and MNCs like M & M,
Semperit Group and Sakaal Media Group on senior level positions. He has rich experience in HR and
IR. He has an expertise working on Greenfield projects and establishing HR department.
Vinod is fully professional, pro-active, innovative & creative minded HR professional with having business acumen. He partners the
role of business HR partner and his organizations (past and current) witnessed the persistent growth through aligned talent
management practices. He is well experienced in implementing conceptual & innovative HR practices. Vinod has closely worked
with CEOs, COOs, Business Heads and Functional Heads. He handled manpower of 1000-3000 during tenure with different
companies.
He has an expertise working on Greenfield projects and establishing HR department. He implemented various HR practices; OD
interventions in his organizations. During his tenure with Semperit, the company was awarded for Best Innovative HR Practices
during 2002 by NIPM.
Balanced scorecard, Employee engagements, Implementation of Global HR practices, global compensation and benefits and
talent management are his areas of expertise.
He holds Master degree in Personnel Management, Diploma in Production Management. He is a regular writer for various
management journals like BMA Review, Human Factor and other management Journals. He writes regular columns in various
newspapers on management and development. He is also a life member of Bombay Management Association and holds various
honorary positions in different associations.
His blog http://vinodtbidwaik.blogspot is well ready by all spheres of professional.
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