High Five! (The One Minute Manager)

Book is good in paperback edition..

Very good book

Interesting idea, good reading, useful..

High Five! is an ingenious effort by Ken and team to communicate the importance and dynamics of Teamwork, be in a Five-Grader Hockey League or a Fortune 500 company. The best part of the book is that there are no boring lectures and theories, as in Management books in general, instead, there is an inspiring story narrated by Alan Fosters . The story is written so beautifully that you wonder how The Warriors, who have been losing throughout, are going to turn the cards around and win The Division Cup!. By the time story ends you realize you have already learnt a very important life-lesson – Importance of Teamwork.The story starts at an interesting note where Alan Fosters having been laid off for not being a Team Player gets hired to coach a hockey team of grade five teamwork. And then he, in turn, takes help from an 85 years old former girls basketball coach.The authors have been successful in drawing a parallel between a sports team and a work team. Just like the sports coaches, who need to invest in training and coaching, managers too need to work towards the skills of the team. However, in many cases, in corporate, managers are reluctant as they believe either they would have to pay more or that the employee would leave. They fail to understand that good employees are more productive and so the company could afford to pay more.More than anything else, all the sub-stories are relatable to a corporate scenario. There are mentions of flexibility, cross-training, sharing leadership, sticking to a plan, change in plans…I highly recommend to read this book irrespective of your work setting. If you are a team leader, don’t wait for Christmas to gift it to your teammates. Closing remark – A team is a team. Team’s success is must for an individual success. A team is a team!Read my entire review at [...]

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High Five! combines the spellbinding charm of a timeless parable with cutting-edge information about why teams are important and what individuals and organizations can do to build successful ones.Through the story of Alan Foster, a workplace one-man band, High Five! identifies the four key ingredients of winning teams. Although Alan is an effective producer, he is unwilling to share the spotlight by partnering on projects and is fired because, as his boss puts it, "Alan, we need good producers who are good team players, too." It is a bitter pill for him to swallow.While mulling over his disappointment, he takes his son to his grade-five hockey practice, where it is clear that his son's team, the Riverbend Warriors, knows nothing about teamwork, either. When the team's two overworked coaches learn of Alan's plight, they persuade him to join their ranks, and he finds himself charged with teaching himself and the players the meaning of teamwork. With the help of a woman friend-a former girls' basketball coach who has "won more high school basketball championships than anyone"-Alan and the Warriors learn the magic of teamwork and that "none of us is as smart as all of us."With its simple style and easy-to-follow techniques, High Five! is a must-read for anyone seeking to learn the value and power of teamwork.

I really recommend this book to people in charge, coaching or leading teams. It is written in an easy reading language, and with a great message.

If you only buy one set of books on managment buy these. Each one is a seperate story of how the one minute manager works. It's a great read and the morals of each story are very clear. I love them to bits!!

clear, concise, easy to understand, unputdownable. Reading Blanchard's books make me also think about how good the working together could really be.

nice story outlining the importance of working together