The New One Minute Manager

The New One Minute Manager is a great book if you’re looking for a straightforward guide to leading people without overcomplicating things. What I liked most is how simple the principles are — one-minute goals, one-minute praises, and one-minute redirects. The book breaks each one down in a way that makes it easy to understand and even easier to start using immediately. The story format makes the lessons stick. Instead of feeling like a dense management manual, it reads more like a short parable with clear takeaways. It reminded me that good leadership doesn’t always need big systems or complicated strategies — sometimes the smallest, most consistent habits make the biggest difference. This book also made me reflect on how I communicate. The focus on being clear, direct, positive, and quick with feedback is something I’ve been trying to incorporate more. It also shows you how to reduce stress by setting expectations upfront instead of reacting to problems later. If there’s one drawback, it’s that the book is very short and stays at a high level. If you’re looking for deep explanations or detailed case studies, this isn’t that type of book. But as a leadership refresher or a starting point for someone new to managing people, it’s incredibly effective. Overall, The New One Minute Manager is a simple, practical, timeless guide that helps you lead more clearly and more confidently. A quick read with lessons that stick.

This book is easy to read and a good book for individuals who are looking to expand their leadership skills!

The book provides a simple approach to managing via goal settings, appraisals and feedbacks. I would suggest for new manager or leader who needs some simple plan to work on. The shortcoming is that the book is relatively short and made up from fiction stories.

Great short book to read. Easy to read, and with great examples and summaries. I would share it with my friends and coworkers.

A management classic. Easy to read guidance on settings expectations at work, and giving feedback on performance

It's a short book but not short enough for the small amount of useful information it contains. The book imparts three core pieces of advice, and its good advice for sure but it's spoon-fed in a painfully slow manner in a short (and yet all too-long) story that is neither believable nor compelling. I could rattle off those three things here and nullify any need to purchase the book, but I would feel pretty rude doing that in addition to leaving a poor review. I want to stress that it is good advice but it's also really basic and self-evident, I kind of worry for the person who genuinely *needs* this book. There is no doubt that if I reflect and focus harder on those three things that I will be a better manager, but it wasn't things I wasn't already aware of or not already trying to do. I would think (hope?) that all managers are in my boat there. When it's on sale you can get your money's worth if you whip through it and then pass it along. Maybe its most useful to someone who has been suddenly blindsided and thrown into management, it will give them three simple things to try to focus on and if you can do those basics you can be a decent manager almost no matter what else is going on.

As someone with years of management and working for others, this book makes sense. The management style is effective and produces great leaders within your team. Read it, you'll be glad you did

Reading this book was a great experience, from the starting page quote of "Help people reach their full potential. Catch them doing something right!" to the intermittent full-page quotes placed throughout, to the simple concepts conveyed through a fun and relatable story. First time I've read an entire book in one sitting in a while. I like how the story moved quickly enough so I never felt bored. I would highly recommend to anyone who is in leadership especially, but just in general I think everyone could benefit from reading this book.