Product Description

Twenty years after creating the phenomenal bestselling classic The One Minute Manager, Ken Blanchard returns to its roots with the most powerful and essential title in the series as he explores the skills needed to empower yourself to success. In this captivating business parable, bestselling author Ken Blanchard tells the story of Steve, a young advertising executive who is about to lose his job. During a series of talks with a gifted magician named Cayla, Steve comes to realize the power of taking responsibility for his situation and not playing the victim. Passing along the knowledge she has learned from The One Minute Manager, Cayla teaches Steve the three tricks of self leadership. These three techniques not only empower him to keep his job, but give him the skills he needs to keep growing, learning, and achieving. The primary message of SELF-LEADERSHIP AND THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER is that power, freedom, and autonomy come from having the right mindset and the skills needed to take personal responsibility for success.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40395 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

About the Author
Ken Blanchard is the Chairman of The Ken Blanchard Companies. His other books include 'The One Minute Manager', 'Raving Fans', 'Leadership and The One Minute Manager'. Susan Fowler and Laurence Hawkins are codevelopers with Ken Blanchard of Situational Self Leadership, one of the world's leading self-empowerment programs.

Customer Reviews

Situation Leadership from the employee perspective
Whilst the original One Minute Manager title focussed on how to Manage others effectively, and much of the series has followed suit; this title seeks to look upon the models from the perspective of the individual. See this as Situational Leadership from the perspective of the person being Managed.

As with all titles the key points are recapped well and theories are set out and explained in a language that is easy to access for all.

This title is one for a person who finds themself ineffective in changed situations and struggles to break through. Whilst this is not a book about Change itself, really the focus here is on recognising self-development needs and getting them fulfilled, it does have a role to play in the respect that our needs change as situations do.

A recommended text.

Excellent read!
This book was reoommended to me by a mentor to help with dealing with some issues at work. The book read well and had some really interesting points to consider and apply to every day life. I would definitely recommend this book.