Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager Revised Edition audiobook

I have always been a fan of the One Minute Manager books. I enjoy the art of storytelling and visualizing as I hear a story. Susan Fowler and Laurence Hawkin’s new partnership with the book Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager does not disappoint. Sure some leaders are born however, most of us acquire leadership skills through experience and mentoring. Have you ever started a new venture feeling like a superstar only to find that maybe you aren’t such a phenomenal leader? This book is for you.I’ve never given too much thought to self-leadership but this book quickly jumpstarted my mind. We all need self-leadership in order to succeed and make a change. Our lives are ever changing and at one point we may need little more direction or support yet, we may find ourselves not pushing enough to ask for more support and assistance from someone else as circumstances change. The book teaches us valuable lessons in business in a parable featuring Steve, a young advertising executive who feels that he is about to lose his job. He bumps into a friendly magician in a coffee shop who helps Steve realize how he needs to take the power of responsibility for his own situation and stop blaming others. The magician, Cayla, empowers others by coaching from what she has learned from the One Minute Manager. She shares 3 valuable self-leadership lessons that allow Steve to turn his situation around and lessons that we can all use in our own lives.Assumed constraints are a negative and are a belief that will limit your experience and hold you back.Activate your points of power: They include position, knowledge, task, personal, and relationship power.Self-leadership means being proactive to get what you need to succeed: The two most powerful words to get what you need are “I need”.Stories are all about sharing and teaching. Self-Leadership and the One Minute Manager does not disappoint. The book shares valuable lessons but also provides a Development Continuum Model that illustrates the four stages people experience when they are learning to master something, like a new job or life change. The model captures what people experience and helps them to realize their competence and commitment to change as we learn something new or pursue a goal. The book offers visual models of the four stages along with a complete list of competences and commitments to help in understanding how to integrate the model into our lives. The book is a quick read yet offers so much information in an entertaining and empowering way. Steve was empowered by the gifts that Cayla shared with him and not only does he keep his job, but he becomes a One Minute Manager to those around him.

This book, originally published in 2005, introduced a proven path to empowerment in the format of a quick-read parable. In the increasingly fast-paced world of work, this updated edition is more relevant than ever as it gives readers three tricks to managing themselves. We are introduced to Steve, a new advertising account executive. His first ad campaign, for United Bank, is rejected as “garbage” by the bank president. Stunned, and afraid that he will be fired, Steve, instead of driving back to the agency, comes upon Cayla’s Café, in an unfamiliar neighborhood. There he meets the owner, Cayla, doing magic tricks for children. Little does he know that Cayla, a protégé of the One Minute Manager, will help to change his life, and perhaps save his job. Cayla meets a Steve who is full of excuses, and sees himself as a victim. She proceeds to teach him about self-leadership, something the One Minute Manager had taught her and asked her to pass on to others. She tells him that he will be ready for self-leadership when he accepts responsibility for his own success. She tells him that empowerment is something someone gives you, while self-leadership is what you do to make it work. She will teach Steve three “tricks” of self-leadership: 1. Challenge assumed constraints. An assumed constraint is a belief that limits your experience. 2. Activate your points of power. She teaches him about five points of power – knowledge power, personal power, relationship power, task power and position power. She tells him that perhaps his greatest assumed constraint was not realizing his own power. 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. Cayla introduces Steve to the Situational Leadership II Model, which includes the Development Continuum. 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. This is a helpful, quick-read, that you will benefit from reading.

Next to John C. Maxwell, Ken Blanchard is one of the writers who has influenced and shaped the way I think and practice leadership. Most of his books, perhaps except Lead Like Jesus, are short, concise, and filled with pearls of wisdom. What’s unique about Blanchard – and other co-writers of The One Minute Manager Series – is that he can teach leadership principles and skills in a fun way through narrative and interesting stories. Some of the books that make a difference in my leadership life are The Secret and Great Leaders Grow in which he co-authored with Mark Miller. I fully recommend any of Blanchard’s books.Now, about the book… 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 they 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. Blanchard observes, “Our research shows that when individual contributors and managers align around self-leadership, both become more engaged and produce better results. As a result, customers are happier and organizations become more profitable.” He continues, “In fact, a culture of self-leadership is the hallmark of great organizations.” Are you ready to be a self-leader?To read further, CLICK HERE: https://legasitv.blogspot.com/2019/03...

Another great book from the One Minute Manager series. I really like this kind of narrative and the hidden lessens inside of it. This one is especially interesting, because it again comes up with the concept of situational leadership and combines it with the idea you need a special mindset to lead properly.

Read from start to finish. Very enjoyable. This is a book where you have to keep going until you get to the end of the story, as it's very enjoyable. Normally I read for an hour and then stop, but I kept going on this occasion. Well worth buying.

Ken Blanchard and company never disappoints. From the time I read the original One Minute Manager many years ago, I have been hooked. His approach of teaching through story telling makes the principles easy to remember, and the principles themselves are well researched and tested.

I loved this book: it reads super fast and builds up on the one minute manager to give a book that reads like "The Goal". The advice is very practical and the learning path (using magic tricks analogy) works perfectly.

GoodUseful information delivered in a fun and digestible way. I would recommend this short book to anyone, regardless of there career.

Great, simple, entertainingI loved this book. Simple, easy to understand, entertaining. Straight up what you need to apply and how. Great read.

Amazing book!Amazing inputs how to develop self confidence, how to give direct communication with teams, highly recommend to everyone who need to develop.

Very practical.... Will read over and over

Well dineSimple yet put in a powerful way in this tiny book. Thanks for the great work and recommend everyone to read jt.

Redifines the way you manage yourself and think of leading.

Tips for Self LeadershipA refreshing light read for managers to support their own goals and support their teams in self awareness and development

Great read add to your library.

love the format.didn't think the takeways were as easily bundled as the original.quadrants, types of power, i need

I read/listened to this book on Audible. I really like the way it's put together with the characters as a lesson and even with a little magic! Easy to understand and apply to our own lives.Than you

I am sure I will listen to again.