One minute manager books

[JimmyConwayNW]

Has anyone read any of these?

Looking to try to learn a little more about management and leadership and spotted these on Amazon.

Any better suggestions perhaps that could help?

Thanks,

[JimmyConwayNW]

Northbloke said:

A friend gave me a copy of the original when I first got a "management" job many years ago.

It's pretty simple common sense stuff but in the absence of any other advice I followed the gist of it and it became one of the most fulfilling periods of my career. I loved trying to motivate the staff with clear instructions but space to show initiative... and then praising them when they did well. "One minute reprimands" were rare but as such also very effective: they really don't want to let you down.

I've read several other management books since and the simplicity of TOMM is often frowned upon but personally I thought that was its strength. Certainly in all my time, two of the main complaints of employees are "what exactly am i supposed to be doing" and "I never get any gratitude for my work". Both are directly addressed by TOMM yet it is amazing how many businesses do not follow these simple rules.

So I'm a fan...and bought it recently for my step daughter who has now got staff to oversee for the first time. It's a great starting point.

Edit: Also read Dale Carnegie's book and again think its simple ideas are great. I've also heard good things about the Dale Carnegie courses.

Edited by Northbloke on Friday 23 June 22:22

Thanks. Looks like it may well be useful. New to management and managing a team and I was wanting to make it clear to everyone what is expected of them.

Will give it a good go and really get stuck in trying to make things work.