Self Leadership......by Ken Blanchard

Hi Friends, this is book review of "Self Leadership and the one minute manager" by Ken Blanchard.

Earlier i read the books written by Ken Blanchard like "One Minute Manager", "Whale Done" and this is the third one. Out of all the three i rate "Whale done" as the best book.

This book explains important styles of leadership motivating, coaching , delegating and supporting. He explained all the phases with good examples.

Some quick bits i liked in this book:

challenge your limitations, assumptions
personal relationship power works like a charm

Knowledge power
personal power
relatinoship power
task power
position power

set a clear goal
generate an action plan
provide time lines
establish priorities
Monitor and evaluate your work and give feedback.

collaborate for success

The only way in which any one can lead you is to restore to you the belief in your own guidance. --- henry miller

Review: In this book author takes example of account manager who fails to impress his banking client with his advertisement proposal. How he turned things around with the help of author is the concept of the book.

As in his earlier books, he describes the story slowly, you might feel like flip the pages quickly to get to end of this book.

The leader ship styles and phases of success he explained in best possible way. Its worth reading, if you are quick reader.

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