One Minute Manager- Book Review

On a Saturday I had to spend the whole day in planning up for a new upcoming project, and I was pretty occupied in finalizing team, its goals, member responsibilities and action plans and sub strategies about what to do, when to do, how to do and who will do it.

The next tough task for me is to how I would communicate, make my team know their responsibilities and importantly how could I make them stay motivated by curbing possible unnecessary distractions and reactions etc. In collecting thoughts to deliver such huge task ahead, I got reminded of a book; “The one minute manager” gifted by my friend, which is due of its reading.

Being in need of such a simple and small book on managerial practices, it had come of huge advantage, carried-in a lot of substance which can help me in succeeding the upcoming task, collectively. In no time the book caught my attention without loosing an aorta of interest; session after session. In whole, the awesome experience of the book is explaining the logic in simplest ways to succeed with team, time and work.

“The one minute manager” explains about the simple concept of spending very less time with the sub-ordinates for every situation and to get big results from them. Most of the managers are either autocratic who are result oriented or democratic who care much about people than results but, the concept of one minute manager combines both autocracy and democracy where in the people are cared for at the same time it also creates results.

The book explains three concepts

· One-Minute Goal setting- which gives clarity to the employees about their tasks and helps the employees set their own goals and objectives.

· One-Minute Praisings which is a concept where the manager tries to catch his employees doing something right and praises them which in turn makes the employees feel good about themselves and motivates them to achieve more.

· One-Minute Reprimands which is taking about the mistakes of sub ordinates in a diplomatic way at the same time assuring them about their value in the organization and making them realize their mistake.

The book inspired me in effectively collecting my thoughts, approaches and practices in succeeding to deliver my project.

· I reviewed my plans along with possible approaches

· I spent just one minute with each member of my team to clearly explain them their tasks, helped them set their own goals and it definitely proved to be more effective than before.

· It gave the team more comfort and clarity about their tasks, goals and action plans and made me use my take in the most effective manner as I had to deliver to them in just one minute.

· It always made me think how best and clear I can communicate to my team members using just one minute of my time which in turn helped me identify the key areas of my projects.

· So, the book one minute manager is a simple concept which can be easily implemented and can show very effective results. It could be a success mantra for every manager.

“Win” de Maatharam

It is time to get all geared up for the Big Game. It is time we start growing nails for the nail biting game season.. Stick to the TV sets … Pray for others to lose… It is time we sit in a very important meeting at work thinking what the scores are and worried about India winning the game. It is time we take a peek at the TV every 5 mins even if we have to take a test at school the next morning… It is time we call our friends every 5 mins asking them for scores whenever we go out on a very important work. It is time we all go crazy and Bonkers over the game. After all the tantrums, Political drama, Economic recession, Slowdowns, Breakdowns, struggle in the jobs that we have hated we truly and absolutely deserve to watch a great game which would completely shift our focus from all our problems and tantrums in the world around us and refresh our minds. So, Come on people let’s go HOWZZAT, WHaddup, DAMN. WOW, Yeah, Dear Lord, What the Hell, UFFFF…. This season … lets love our team, curse them when they lose, praise them when they win and finally feel proud of them… Lets have fun coz “It is all IN-D cup…

Don't just start.... Fight to finish!!

Don't just listen to music .... SING!!

Don't just learn things .... Apply!!

Don't just gain Knowledge... Interpret!!

Don't just Love someone... Accept!!

Don't just Enjoy things... Appreciate!!

Don't just own everything... Share!!

Don't just make mistakes.... Learn!!

Don't just complain ... Let Go!!

Don't just be thankful... Return!!

Don't just walk beside someone... Hold Hands!!

Don't just pass-by a stranger... Smile!!

Don't just feel free... FLY!!

Don't just Apologise ... Mean It!!

Don't just be Guilty... Confess!!

Don't just Analyse your life... LIVE IT!!

Why is it so difficult to accept when someone leaves you when u already know that your own soul is gonna leave u one day when u die and you have accepted it...

My inner self begs me to be selfish... because I am killing my self on a daily basis by being selfless ...But deep inside I refuse to be selfish... One day I would be a murderer of my self...

ISO is not a mark of Quality

The International Organisation for Standardization Certificication is not a certification of Quality of the products or the processes of a Company it is just a certification of their Standardisation. For a company to get certified by the ISO they have to create a documentation which shows their system i.e their products, processes their working systems and their operations and then the documents are veriified by the ISO and they are certified. Here the standards are mentioned by the company but not the ISO or the customer. The companies define their standards based on their customer requirement and feedback but it is not based on just that, their standards are also based on the efficiency of their employees, their resources, their processes etc. and the ISO certifies those standards which are set by the companies themselves and it does not set any standards on quality for them. Though companies may improve quality standards due to standardisation (because standardisation leads to organisation and discipline and which may lead to improvement in the quality) they are not promising a quality to their customers or the ISO. They are just stating by themselves that a set of particular measures would be followed by their company and the International Organisation of Standardisation is certifying that they will meet those standards in their operations, products, processes, systems etc. So, remember the next time you see an ISO certified company it doesn't mean that it gives the best quality of products or services than other companies of the same genre who don't have the certification, it just means that they have standardised their systems and documented it and ISO has certified it.

Tavika

This is the best post in my blog.... but this was not written by me......but this was written for me.... :( tears rolled down my eyes as I was reading it.... It is the the best thing I have ever read in my whole life.... :)

I am not as good a writer as u are. .but just tryin to express my feelings

Disclaimer: Dont laugh or tease if you dont like this

You dont know how much you mean to me,

And how much I care for you all my life.

My life is incomplete without you

And my dreams would never come true without you.

I remember those days when we used to fight for no reason,

And hug each other in no time.

I remember those times when I made you very unhappy,

And you would never hate me for anything.

I have always committed mistakes,

but never missed your love and care.

You know me more than anyone in this World

And always made me feel that you are always there for me.

You gave me everything I wanted,

And always made me feel like a princess.

I cant imagine my life without a sister like you,

And always thank God for giving me such a wonderful gift.

I think of you every time,

And miss you every second.

You are the one on whom I can always count on,

You are the one who makes my life meaningful.

You lift me to my feet when my wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

Thanks for always being there for me!!

I never thought I would write this for you, but you are the culprit who made me do this. I feel terrible staying here all alone without you. I just feel like running away from all this career shit and come there and enjoy life with you. I just want those days, when we used to fight with each other as though it was the end of the world and hug each other even before the fight got resolved. I just want those days when we used to go eat street early in the morning. I still remember how much I used to cry everyday when you were in the hostel. I used to cry for you like a baby everyday as though we would never meet again in life. I want those evening walks, stupid talks and paani poori in bharat chat. I wanna get wet in the rain in the mid night and come home, late in the nights and see everybody's face turning red with anger on us. I miss shopping and going to movies with you. we used to watch movies as though we would die if we dont watch them. I laugh when I think of the movie samba, we might have almost missed the train. The list is never ending!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH . .life has become so different. I feel so mechanical and lonely. Why did u let me go !!

After reading the last line "Why did u let me go !!" I felt like killing myself.... when u know that u can live without someone never let them go... life will turn into a hell and u will never be able to forgive urself.... and when they ask u a question like this... u can never answer it..... :(