HarperCollins The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey

Seriously everyone there are many books out there that you should read - I would put this at top of the list along with MUltipliers. It really gives you an insight into how best managing yourself, your relationship with your manager and more importantly your team. Get this and Multipliers and combine the contents together to take you the next level.

Very useful book! I recommend it.

When I first read read this book in the early 1990s, it was a huge wake-up call. No wonder there weren't enough working hours in the day as I allowed my staff's monkeys to jump onto my shoulders. A monkey is the next move in a problem or project. All too easily, when a staff member comes to you with a problem, you can fall into the trap of accepting responsibility the next action eg thinking about it to try to find a solution, contacting someone else etc. The less time you have to work through it with your staff member, the greater the tendency for the monkey to jump. To rub salt into the wound, your staff can then start chasing you to see if you've done your step. They are holding you accountable for doing their work. The book explains the entire process which is illuminating. More importantly, it teaches you how to deal with these monkeys, which normally means making sure that they stay with the staff members but you remain in control by scheduling the next review meeting. This monkey transfer happens with good intentions. As the manager, you know your job is to support your staff and you're responsible for what they do or don't do. Unfortunately allowing a monkey to jump is harmful to you, your organisation and your staff. You get busier, the business doesn't get the things done it needs done. Your staff can't learn and develop if, every time things get hard, you take responsibility for the job off them. Just like The New One Minute Manager (The One Minute Manager) , this is a great book that will change the way you work. These books are told in a management fable style to make them easy to read and understand. This one doesn't have much of a story but hopefully you can see yourself first in the before scenario and then in the after when you've learnt monkey management. About my book reviews - My goal is to help you to find the best business advice. I aim to be a tough reviewer because the main cost of a book is not the money to buy it but the time needed to read it and absorb the key messages. 5 stars means that I think that overall it has some vital messages in it. Paul Simister, a business coach who helps business owners who feel stuck, get unstuck.

TOEIC700点前後で、読み終わるのに合計８時間くらいでした。 どんな仕事でも自分で抱え込まないと不安で仕方がなく、なかなか人に仕事を渡せない人へオススメの一冊です。 主に部下のマネジメントのために上司が読むように作られているようですが、部下が読んで、こういう仕事の渡し方をしてくださいと上司に提案するのもいいかもしれません。

Ce livre se lit comme un roman et malgré le fait qu'il soit très court il est très éclairant sur les dysfonctionnements de certaines organisations, et si vous ne l'avez pas lu peut-être là vôtre !

Questo libro completa la serie dell'One Minute Manager, grande successo a partire dagli anni '70 e che, nonostante gli anni, mantiene la propria attualità. In particolare, questo libro concentra il focus su come gestire meglio il proprio tempo, evitando l'errore comune a molti manager oggetto di "delega al contrario" da parte dei collaboratori. Queste situazioni, dove il collaboratore chiede al proprio capo di risolvergli un problema, situazione più comune di quanto si pensi, è descritta con la metafora della scimmia.