A review by vikramdas
The One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson

1.0

Just finished a very breezy read of The One Minute manager by Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson (of who moved my cheese fame). Ok, I think I’m going to ruffle some feathers here as I hear that this is considered an excellent resources for managers. Frankly, I did not find the book that awe-inspiring or even path-breaking. In all the entire book can be summarized in three ideas – One minute goals (set precise SMART goals), one minute praising (show appreciation for a job well done and be specific about the praise) and one minute reprimands (reprimand the performance and not the person and always leave with a praise). In fact, we have a Hindi version of the third theory which we used to use as a joke (phele maaro, phir puchkaro). Well that may sound a bit crass, but the point is that it made me feel that the book didn’t have anything new to offer me.
Enough of crib about book, let me leave with a positive on the book. The best part of this book is that its so small that you don’t have to suffer it for too long...:-) Just kidding!!! Apologize to those who may have found this book useful, there might be something that I’m not thinking through right now and have missed in the book.