Leadership Practices & the One Minute Manager

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Leadership Practices & The One Minute Manager Rubens Jean Florida International University Introduction The One Minute Manager has been reported to be one of the bestselling management books of all time (“One Minute Manager (the book)”, n.d). According to KenBlanchard.com, this text started a management revolution and has been used by CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies all over the country over the past 20 years (“One Minute Manager (the book)”, n.d). The follow-up to the book entitled, Self-Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership further illustrates Ken Blanchard’s management methods through a fictional story of a young executive by the name of Steve. Steve is on the brink of unemployment when he meets a magician by the name of Cayla. Cayla teaches Steve to be the owner of his situation and not the victim through the 3 principals of self-leadership. These principles include challenging assumed constraints, celebrating points of power, and collaborating for success (Blanchard, 2005). Steve uses these tricks to save his job and flourishes to become the most efficient executive he can be. The principles discussed in Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership is parallel to the leadership characteristics and methods in Peter G. Northouse’s book entitled Introduction to Leadership. The following uses the 3 principles discussed in Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership and illustrates how these concepts are directly related to the methods and objectives of Northouse’s Introduction to Leadership, which were the focus of this course. Primary focus areas will include overcoming obstacles, setting tone, creating visions and recognizing

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