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In a new revised and updated edition, Self-Leadership and the One-Minute Manager teaches that taking responsibility for one's own success leads to empowerment, freedom and autonomy.
Just as the classic bestseller The One Minute Manager offers leaders the three secrets of people management, this Self-Leadership and the One Minute Manager presents the three secrets of self-leadership: challenging self-imposed constraints, activating your power point, and being proactive. It also reveals that taking responsibility for your own success leads to empowerment, freedom, and autonomy.
With a captivating business parable, Ken Blanchard, PhD from Cornell University and one of the world's most influential leadership experts, Susan Fowler, a leading expert on personal empowerment, and Laurence Hawkins, an internationally renowned management consultant and motivational speaker, show how to apply the world-renowned SLII® model to personal development. The story revolves around Steve, a young advertising executive who is about to lose his job. Through a series of conversations with a One Minute Manager mentee named Cayla, Steve learns the three secrets of self-leadership. The skills he discovers not only empower him and enable him to keep his job, but also show him how to break free from the victim mentality and continue to grow, learn, and succeed.
For decades, millions of Fortune 500 CEOs and small business owners around the world have followed Ken Blanchard's management methods to increase productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. Now, this revised and updated edition of Self-Leadership and the One Minute Manager empowers people at all organizational levels, guiding them along the path to success.
The nature of production in the 21st century requires a more collaborative environment. Technological advances are decentralizing the workplace. For example, more people are working remotely and using digital storage-based tools to develop projects. Dynamics are changing so rapidly that direct reports often know more about their specific demands than their own managers.
In today's collaborative and decentralized workplaces, it's crucial that people cooperate proactively rather than simply respond to orders. For sales campaigns and customer service initiatives to be successful, they need to be supported by people versed in proactive self-leadership.
First published in 2005, Self-Leadership and the One-Minute Manager introduced a proven path to individual empowerment through a humorous parable. In the increasingly dynamic world of work, this updated edition is more relevant than ever.
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