People with people...
Everywhere...
Anywhere...
In any situations...
Savvy?
Actually, it is a very simple yet a straight forward book about how people work best with other people.
And to make reading more interesting, it combined facts and a story.
It is about A One Minute Manager explained to a young man how to be an effective manager.
Even though, the story is about managing people in an organization but generally the knowledge can be applied into our daily interaction with others anywhere and in every situations except if we're dealing other than human beings.
As the author explained :
1. People are more complicated.
2. People are aware.
3. People think for themselves.
4. People certainly do not want to be manipulated by others.
Remember and respect those features will produce a good management skill.
One Minute Manager explained 3 key factors to become an effective manager :
1. One Minute Goal Setting
This is the foundation for one minute management. Write our goals on papers. One goal a sheet not more than 250 words of explanations. Read and re read it often to make sure our behaviours match our goals.
2. One Minute Praising
It helps people to reach their full potential. As a manager, it is adviceable to praise people when they do something right or if a person is a new learner, praise them when they did something approximately right and guide them until they are able to do it correctly without much guidance.
3. One Minute Reprimand
If a person have all the skills to do something right and he/she did not do the work accordingly, One Minute Reprimand will be given. Before giving reprimand, a manager have to see the behaviour himself. A manager cannot depend on what someone else saw. Never give a reprimand based on 'hearsay'.
I believe if we can apply them into our daily routine, we will be more productive, calmer and happier individual.
I also believe in writing down our own goals be it a yearly, monthly, weekly or daily basis. It makes us more focus on what we need to do especially with so many distractions and noises thrown into our path. When we can see clearly what our main focus are - when and where we will reach them, not only we would be a happier person but a calmer person as well. Because any distractions or noises lay in front of us, we can either skip, delay or ignore them altogether no matter how persistence they are.
According to the author, TOUCHING is a very honest and powerful message. People have strong feelings about being touched. We will know if somebody really care about us or just trying to manipulate us through touching. Touch people we care only when giving them something such as reassurance, support, encouragement etc.
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