One Minute management and the new GM

Two weeks ago, I introduced Ken Blanchard as an author. He has, of course, written much more than about effective problem delegation. Now I’d like to share another of his concepts- one minute management.

When i was a new manager I happened to read Ken Blanchard, One Minute manager series. As a believer that simpler is better, it struck me as a great start to managing people.… Read more

8 Critical things to do, and don’t do, in your first hour at work

I am a morning person, I always aimed to get to work early, before anyone else, and considered the first hour at work precious. It was a time for me to think and plan, to consider and reflect, before the rest of the team came to work and started bombarding me with e-mails, requests, questions, meetings, reports… work.

I believe one of the reasons I was successful was that I took this first hour as my time to step back from the day to day and reflect how I could be most useful for that day or that week..  … Read more