One Minute Management

People Who Feel Good About Themselves Produce Good Results.[¹]

Align Expectations

Productivity is more than just the quantity of work done. It is also the quality. If you can’t explain what should happen, you don’t have a problem yet. You’re just complaining.

A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is happening and what you desire. [¹]

Plan goals as a team

Describe goals briefly and clearly. Have people write out each of their goals, with due dates, on a single page.

Encourage people to take a minute to look at what they’re doing, and see if their behavior matches their goals.

Ask them to review their most important daily goals, which take only a few minutes.

A team is effective when everyone is clear about goals and what good performance looks like.

Praise people as soon as possible

Let people know what they did right — be specific.

Tell people how good you feel about what they did right and how it helps.

Pause for a moment to allow people time to feel good about their actions. Celebrate together, and enjoy the process.

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[¹]: Ken Blanchard (2015): The New One Minute Manager (https://www.amazon.com/New-One-Minute-Manager-ebook/dp/B00MMG19OG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=)