| Title | : | Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership |
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| ISBN | : | 0060799129 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780060799120 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 |
| Publication | : | First published May 24, 2005 |
Just as Ken Blanchard’s phenomenal bestselling classic The One Minute Manager gives leaders the three secrets to managing others, so this follow-up book gives people the three secrets to managing themselves. In Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager, readers will learn that accepting personal responsibility for their own success leads to power, freedom, and autonomy.
Through a captivating business parable, Ken Blanchard and coauthors Susan Fowler and Laurence Hawkins show readers how to apply the world-renowned Situational Leadership® II method to their own development. The story centers on Steve, a young advertising executive who is about to lose his job. Through a series of talks with a One Minute Manager protégé named Cayla, Steve learns the three secrets of self leadership. His newfound skills not only empower Steve to keep his job, but also show him how to ditch his victim mentality to continue growing, learning, and achieving.
For decades, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses around the world have followed Ken Blanchard’s management methods to increase productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. Now, this newly revised edition of Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager empowers people at every level of the organization to achieve success.
Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership Reviews
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The starting point for the leadership journey. You must be able to lead yourself before you can lead others.
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A very quick few hour read. If you can make it through the contrived after school special you will get a few useful nuggets out if it.
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"An Assumed Constraint Is A Belief You Have, Based On Past Experience, That Limits Your Current And Future Experiences(33, Blanchard et al.)"
"Acknowledging the power you have gives you a sense of control over your job and your choices (59, Blanchard et al.)"
"When Your Competence Is Low, You Need Direction; When Your Commitment Is Low, You Need Support (79, Blanchard et al.)"
"When Goals Work Out, It Is Usually Because You Instinctively Take The Initiative To Be A Self Leader And Get What You Need To Succeed (104, Blanchard et al.)"
Collaborate for Success (114, Blanchard et al.)"
"A Leader Is Anyone Who Can Give You the Support And Direction You Need To Achieve Your Goal (133, Blanchard et al.)"
"Self Leaders:
Challenge Assumed Constraints,
Celebrate Their Points of Power,
And Collaborate For Success.
(142, Blanchard et al.)"
Amazing, delightful, and wonderful piece of written art! Read the whole book as if the child within me was reading the whole time. Read it all in less than a day; this work is well done by a brilliant group of authors. Magical for me to say even though using the word magic is hard for who practises Roman Catholicism beliefs.
This is a book that has more value than many books put together in a very enjoyable fun read. Call me a crazy reader, however loving the idea of reading just got bigger. This is another beautiful publication worth reading.
For me, it was hard to go to sleep without finishing the whole story. Surely, this helps me in many ways and it showed me blind spots in my life.
Reminder to self that next time a similar feeling of quitting on your dreams; to read this book =)! -
I cannot believe how dreadful this book is. Self indulgent does not capture it.
This book is pseudo-spiritual. It assumes that if we can just self actualize, then we can lead.
I cannot believe how bad this is... -
I had to read this for a working seminar and my first thought was it was going to be a very boring management book. Turned out it was not boring at all and the basics and key things you need to learn were briefly brought to you incorporated in a fictional story.
I loved the few simple rules and guidance given with this short story. I can't say if this short story would make me instantly into a good manager but it's a start to improve your everyday activities by following some simple guidelines. -
Just another of those "Fuck, i should have read this 3 years ago" books for me. Fortunatelly at the company i work in we've had trainings based on Ken Blanchards methodology featured in this book. If you manage and aspire to lead- you should. It's a short one - i read it in one evening.
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Another great fable/read from Kenneth Blanchard.
Discusses the steps to improving your self-leadership.
I didn't write this after I listened so I'm going to have to relisten to get the details as I've forgotten some of the subtle hints, but because it's a 2 hour audio book it won't take long to relisten.
The primary princples as I remember them are:
1) Challenge what constrians your thinking
2) Understand what development level you are at for the task you are trying to take on and be responsible for getting help.
3) Understand your points of power and how to use them -
"Perhaps your greatest assumed constraint is not realizing your own power" (55).
"Self leaders challenge assumed constraints, activate their points of power, and are proactive about getting what they need to succeed" (127). -
Quick read. The various points of power was a good concept to be reminded of.
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Key takeaways:
1. Each person has different motivations. Since your boss couldn't read your mind, you should motivate yourself, instead of relying on your boss to do it for you.
2. Challenge your assume constraints. Just because it didn't work in the past does not mean it wouldn't work now.
3. Beside position power, there are also knowledge power, personal power, relationship power, and task power. Find out what type(s) of power you have in your current position.
4. "I Need" are two very powerful words.
5. Identify which stage of the Needs Model you are at. Are you Enthusiastic Beginner, Disillusioned Learner, Capable-but-Cautious Performer, or High Achiever.
6. If your level of Competence is low, you need someone who will give you Direction. If your level of Commitment is low, you need someone who will give you Support. -
This has some colorful diagrams that go along with what was taught in Leadership and the One Minute Manager. Somehow, the other parts of this book haven't quite caught my interest enough yet though. Maybe it's because I've read quite a few other books about "self-leadership" that I find more engaging and that I'm still working with.
One, for example, is
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. -
A mentor recommended this to me. It's a short, fun and breezy read on achieving self mastery.
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HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Empowerment is something someone gives you. Self-Leadership is what you do to make it work.
2. It’s in your own best interest to accept responsibility for getting what you need to succeed in the workplace.
3. Elephant Thinking – Assumed Constraint: A belief you have, based on past experience that limits your current and future experiences.
4. Don’t buy into the assumed constraint that Position Power is the only power that works.
5. Diagnose Yourself on Development Continuum: D1= Enthusiastic Beginner (high direction, low support). D2= Disillusioned Learner (high direction, high support). D3=Capable but Cautious (low direction, high support). D4= High-Achiever (low direction, low support).
6. When goals work out, it is usually because you instinctively take the initiative to be a self-leader and get what you need to succeed.
7. There is magic in diagnosing your development level and getting the direction and support you need to achieve your goal.
8. The two most powerful words to collaborate for success are: “I NEED.”
9. A leader is anyone who can give you the support and direction you need to achieve your goal.
10. When your competence is low, you need direction. When your commitment is low, you need support.
Self Leaders:
1. Challenge Assumed Constraints
2. Celebrate your points of power
3. Collaborate for Success!
Points of Power
1. Task Power – job specialist
2. Personal Power – give assurance; ability to help people feel comfortable about the process
3. Relationship Power – building connections
4. Knowledge Power – experts of specific information
5. Position Power – a designated authority
Workplace Motivators (Rank 1-10 of importance)
__ Interesting work
__ Full appreciation of work done
__ Job security
__ Good wages
__ Promotion and growth within the organization
__ Good working conditions
__ Personal loyalty to employees
__ Sympathetic help with personal problems
__ Tactful disciplining. -
Self leadership is quite good. Especially in giving a blueprint for starting something new. Blanchard puts the advice in story form, and this is helpful. I could relate to Steve, and I rooted for him . This helped me see the principles in action. Good stuff.
Notes:
Hardback
Pity pot (13)
it is in my own best interest to take responsibility for getting what I need to succeed in my job (17)
An assumed constraint is a belief you have based on past experience, that limits your current and future experiences (33)
The sole advantage of power is the ability to do more good (62) – Balthazar Gracian
Perhaps your greatest weakness is not realizing your own power (64)
When your competence is low, you need direction; when your commitment is low, you need support (78)
Chapter 6: getting what you need (81)
Chapter 7: running together (95)
When goals work out, it is usually because you instinctively take the initiative to be a self leader and get what you need to succeed (1o4)
… Why some of our goals aren’t reached – because our assumed constraints defeat us (105)
The third trick of self leadership: collaborate for success (114)
Two most powerful words for getting cooperation : "I need" (119)
that's the problem with a dumb question. You get a dumb answer (121)
There are three types of dumb questions. One, when the answer is obvious. Two, when you're not willing to hear a certain response. Three, when you already know what you want to hear (122)
When you use the "I need" phrase, you're coming from a positive of strength (123)
Points of Power:
1. Challenge assumed constraints
2. Celebrate your points of power
3. Collaborate for success
A leader is anyone who can give you the support and direction you need to reach your goal (133)
Chapter 9: One Minute Magic (136) -
Quick, anecdotal book on self-leadership. I think this book does a great job of whetting the appetite and teaching you core principles that you can choose to continue learning about.
My take-aways:
1. the 5 points of power we possess (relationship power, knowledge power, task power, personal power, position power). three “tricks” of self-leadership:
2. Acknowledge and challenge assumed constraints. An assumed constraint is a belief that limits your experience. Most common constraint is not realizing our own power.
--- I got the below summary from a blog referenced below ---
3. Be proactive! Get what you need to succeed! The two most powerful words to get what you need to success are, “I NEED”. When you use the “I need” phrase, you are coming from a position of strength.
4. The Development Continuum is a model of four stages people usually experience when they are learning to master something. For each development level, the model provides a corresponding leadership style to provide you with the appropriate amount of direction and/or support you need. For example, when your competence is low, you need direction. When your commitment is low, you need support.
Reference:
https://coramdeotheblog.com/workandle... -
I have read other books in the One Minute Manager series and found them to be clear, engaging, and useful to help people understand some of the most basic leadership skills and attributes. I have also read other works by Susan Fowler and thoroughly enjoy her writing style, perspective on leadership, and general approach to sharing what she knows.
How nice is that that I get the very best of both in this new title?:)
The narrative style, which is not my favorite reading and learning style, works well in this book and makes for quick reading. I found myself drawn into the story more than I had expected. The leadership strategies and concepts shared are an interesting blend of some relatively old ideas (Situational Leadership) and some newer concepts (the Development levels and Assumed Constraints), which together provide a solid framework on which the newer leader should base their learning journey.
Bonus: A neat analogy using running to illustrate self-leadership in the middle of the book rang particularly true for me, since I used to run and could easily relate to both the analogy and the underlying ideas.
Well worth the price and a few hours of your time. -
Rate: 4.5
There is one fact that every leader must understand: If a leader can’t lead him/herself effectively, everything else in the leader’s life will be a struggle. Self-leadership comes first. Some of the toughest challenges you face as a leader, I think, come from the way you lead yourself. You may assume them come from someone or something else when you actually need to look at yourself as the source.
Ken Blanchard writes, “Today it’s imperative that people become self-leaders – individuals capable of setting priorities, taking initiative, and solving problems independently.” Yes, you need to become a leader who is a proactive contributor and not just a reactive order-taker. In today’s fast-changing world, self-leaders are all the more important - and that's why this book is important.
To read my full review of "Self-Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Gain the Mindset and Skillset for Getting What You Need to Succeed" (2018, Revised Edition), CLICK HERE:
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I never read such self-help books. Not sure how this book came to be in my collection (I am giving it away now).
Concepts this book talks about is something anyone in middle management will be familiar with.
1. We all have different motivation at work. eg, rewards, opportunity, money, security etc
2. Empowerment is something sometime gives you. Self leadership is what you do to make it work. that is, don't whine about not getting support from boss or team letting you down.
3. Take responsibility to get what you need at work.
4. An assumed constraint is a belief you have based on past experience that limits your current and future experience. (Elephant thinking)
5. Position power is not the only power that works.
6. Diagnose yourself where you are in the development continuum (Competency and Commitment).
7. Based on where you are in the development continuum, you need matching leadership styles (S1 to S4) in terms of direction and support. (The Needs Model)
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Charmingly cheesy, this book provides a valuable framework for working through the challenges of learning anything new:
- reevaluating assumed constraints and accepting that you have to ask for what you want
- identifying the support you need depending on whether you lack competence (you need direction and feedback) or confidence (you need encouragement)
- using the different types of power you have at hand (relational, task, knowledge, personal, etc.) to get the support you need (by saying 'I need')
- and leveraging that support to move through the different stages of learning (enthusiastic beginner, disillusioned learner, cautious performer, self-reliant achiever)
The story-style delivery is corny but works well to illustrate how the otherwise textbook framework can be applied in real life. -
This was an interesting read with some excellent principles. The principles are told through story, which I find interesting sometimes but in this case I would have appreciated a little less story. To each their own.
Overall, I'd recommend it. There are two aspects that concern me:
1. This book can be misused/abused by management. A leader/manager could hand this book (or a printout of its principles) to an employee and utilize it as a "get out of jail free card." e.g., if my employee fails it is because they were not a good self-leader, it had nothing to do with my leadership/management of them.
2. The reality of life, imho, is much more gritty and painful than that chronicled here. Like many things in life it is, "easier said than done."
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A little corny compared to Blanchard's other books I've read but it has some good lessons and concepts for those hearing this kind of info for the first time. Some of it hearkens to 7 Habits by Covey as well as the skill/will model of performance measurement. Here are some specific things I noted:
Take accountability and ownership of what you need to learn and have to be successful. Don’t assume that your leader can read your mind. You are responsible for your own motivation. Challenge incorrect assumptions about yourself. Good analogy of a baby elephant being chained so that it won’t stray away and it stays that way even as it grows into adulthood and remains chained even though it can pull the chain out anytime. Recognize your points of power. Diagnose yourself. When your competence is low, you need direction. When your commitment is low, you need support. -
Cuốn sách nằm trong bộ sách về Vị giám đốc một phút mà công ty mình đưa vào chương trình đào tạo cho đội ngũ nhân viên. Trước đây, mình ít khi đọc những sách về thể loại này. Tuy nhiên, sau khi nghe các thầy (cũng chính là các lãnh đạo của mình) giảng và đọc, ngẫm nghĩ sâu hơn về cuốn sách, mình rút ra rất nhiều điều bổ ích. Cuốn sách viết rất dễ đọc, lồng ghép kiến thức vào 1 câu chuyện nhẹ nhàng và mở ra cho người đọc những bí quyết tuyệt vời để thành công.
Cuốn sách thực sự rất có ích và thiết thực. Hi vọng mình sẽ áp dụng được những bí quyết tuyệt vời này vào con đường sự nghiệp của mình. -
This reads very hokey with such a storybook feel to it, though it is roleplaying to do so so I can't fault it too much.o That said I didn't really get any great insight until the latter half, specifically regarding the use of "I need" in place of questions. I definitely saw myself in the reflection of the habit to pose needs as a request, so I'm excited to try this a bit more.
Other than that I think I'll have growing value from the concepts of the learning stages 1-4 and would like to do a better job of identifying for myself when I'm in what stage when working on specific projects or skills.
Not bad, not great, but it's quick so that's appreciated. -
Practical and relatable advice for anyone
Even the most experienced of us get side swiped by assuming that the ‘new’ work situation is in our back catalogue of experiences. This accessible, quick to read advice is a great help for realising that it’s only by taking responsibility for ourselves we can move forward and it gives you the all important ‘how to’ for action.
I bought this ages ago as I am a fan of the One Minute Manager, and I firmly believe i am the answer as well as creator of my problems. I turned to it to help me with my transition to a consulting career when I was stuck at the disillusioned learner phase. -
A quick read... very valuable lessons (magic tricks) for Self Leadership! Highly recommend!
I have always been a fan of 'Situational Leadership' concept when it comes to leading people/teams. However, this book basically gives a 360 view of this amazing leadership technique. It talks about how the same fundamentals can be used for 'Self-Leadership' i.e. self-diagnosing the developmental levels for each of the goals/skills one needs; being proactive in understanding the gaps, what help we need from others! Recognizing 'assumed constraints' and 'point of powers'!
"Self-Leaders:
Challenge Assumed Constraints,
Celebrate their point of powers,
and Collaborate for Success. " -
One of those books you wished you read YEARS ago. It's especially useful for people who have a new job or are transitioning to new careers. The learning curve for both can be daunting and this is where self-leadership vital. What I love about the book is how it highlights the different development stages - or stages in a learning curve, and what kind of direction or coaching one needs at each stage. Awesome book.
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From the "One Minute Manager" series, this one is unfortunately on the bottom of the list. The concepts presented (ownership, power/skills, the stages of learning) are common among self-help literature and, to my confusion, in many cases with much greater simplicity and clarity.
The story surrounding the concepts is poorly written, which is not a con when the core of the story is valid, but in this case it makes the situation only worse.
