The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams

I am a huge fan of Kenneth Blanchard's work, One Minute Manager Series. He has produced yet another great example of being an effective leader through Situational Leadership. Team Building is the most efective way to achieve high performance but team members can impede their own progress. This book is very detailed in providing steps for anyone working with teams. With so many different ideas and personalities to consider, I feel more confident to create committees and recognize "team behavior" by being prepared and responding appropriately.

Short, straight-to-the point, wise book. This is exactly what I needed for increasing the productivity of the team I manage.

This book gives a great overview of team stages and the simple idea of situational management based on team progress. Excellent!

This book has come to my aid at the most appropriate time. I am in the midst of an exercise, as a leader of an internal task force entrusted with the responsibility of recommending a solution in a short time. This group is heterogeneous, drawn from different departments with a common problem on hand.The four stages of group behavior (orientation, dissatisfaction, integration, and production) as described in this book, and the different styles of leadership appropriate at each stage is very essential understanding for any manager. More than this it is important to diagnose the stage at which the group is in and what action the leader needs to take to lead the team quickly to the Production stage.This is a must read for all managers who wish to understand group behavior - for achieving optimal output.

If you are like me, you have been frustrated with the difficulty in getting new teams to perform. The books are full of examples of how you just turn people loose, and great results quickly follow. In fact, when teams first start, they are unsure what to do and often work less well than when there were no teams. THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER BUILDS HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS points out that this is to be expected, and gives you step-by-step guidance in how to assist new teams to be effective towards the world beating performance that we all crave. Although it is a slim and simple volume, it speaks tomes about what you really need to do. If you like people and want to help them do better, you MUST read this excellent book. Although the authors did not mention it, I also say that you should give each member of the team training in THE 2,000 PERCENT SOLUTION problem-solving process if you want the best results. This book is great at isolating the reasons for stalled progress, and quickly overcoming them.