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Revisiting Empowerment

Posted on July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 by tucholskic

Diane Tracy’s excellent book, 10 Steps to Empowerment: A Common-sense Guide to Managing People, was the book of 90s management trends. Diane had quite a few good ideas, but as you read later books on management techniques, you discover that many of her ideas were carried too far by the organizational leaders of the day….

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Empowerment, Motivation

Why the One Minute Manager Model Will Shock Most Teenagers

Posted on May 7, 2021June 10, 2021 by tucholskic

Ken Blanchard’s The One Minute Manger, if applied consistently by a manager, is going to absolutely shock fast food employees.  They aren’t going to know what to do or how to think. Why? Because the education system and the parenting trends in this nation run seriously counter to the techniques practiced by a One Minute…

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One Minute Secrets

One Minute Reprimands

Posted on May 6, 2021 by tucholskic

The New One Minute Manager suggests that the third One Minute Secret, the One Minute Reprimand, was a relic of its time. I’ve mused over this before: why do we treat employees like China dolls that can break if handled too harshly? I’ve used the One Minute Reprimand as written here for years and so…

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One Minute Secrets, Reprimands

One Minute Praisings

Posted on May 5, 2021 by tucholskic

The second secret of the One Minute Manager is the One Minute Praising. Praise of any kind is, in my experience, very rare in fast food. Managers in fast food seem keen to point out anything you do wrong, but never seem to care when you get it right. If you want to set yourself…

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Motivation, One Minute Secrets, Praisings

One Minute Goal Setting

Posted on May 4, 2021 by tucholskic

There is literally no other way to put it: reading Ken Blanchard’s The One Minute Manager changed the entire way I think about and approach management. It’s that good. The book is set up as a modern day parable where the narrator wants to figure out how to be the best manager in his business,…

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Communication, Goals, One Minute Secrets

(Re-)Introducing the First Site for the Fast Food Manager!

Posted on April 7, 2021 by tucholskic

I’ve searched and I’ve searched, but I can’t seem to find any websites or blogs that specifically offer insight to the leaders of the fast food industry. Nothing that takes the vast management resources available and distills them into usable tricks for the fast food manager. Therefore, I’m launching this blog as the first step…

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