{"id":39274,"date":"2021-06-19T14:10:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T18:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=39274"},"modified":"2021-06-21T14:49:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:49:54","slug":"kinds-of-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/kinds-of-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3 Kinds of Managers: Tough, Nice, and One-Minute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How does Ken Blanchard describe the three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/kinds-of-managers\/\">kinds of managers<\/a>? What sets a one-minute manager apart from nice and tough managers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-new-one-minute-manager\/\">The New One-Minute Manager<\/a><\/em>, Ken Blanchard discusses the three kinds of managers: tough, nice, and one-minute managers. One-minute managers instill confidence in their employees and are experts at time management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to learn more about the three kinds of managers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Different Kinds of Managers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The New One-Minute Manager <\/em>is all about how to use effective management to get the most out of the people in your organization. <strong>The people you manage are the organization\u2019s most valuable asset: <\/strong>they\u2019re the ones who do all of the day-to-day work that enables your organization\u2019s prosperity and success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, <strong>good managers are those who know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-motivate-people\/\">how to motivate people<\/a> to produce positive results for the organization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most managers fall into one of these two kinds of managers: tough and nice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cTough\u201d Managers&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Managers who care <em>only <\/em>about the organization. These are autocrats who treat their employees as mere cogs in a machine: they give orders, expect them to be followed, and don\u2019t train their employees to make decisions on their own. For these bosses, you\u2019re only as good as the numbers you produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cNice\u201d Managers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Managers who only care <em>only <\/em>about people. They are overly concerned about their employees\u2019 feelings and insufficiently focused on achieving results. These managers don\u2019t hold their people accountable for poor performance. This hurts the organization and deprives employees of the opportunity to learn and grow from mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>One-Minute Managers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One-minute managers care about both results <\/strong><strong><em>and <\/em><\/strong><strong>people<\/strong>. These are <em>not <\/em>competing aims: they are complementary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They instill confidence in their employees, because they know that <strong>confident people produce results<\/strong>. Therefore, helping people feel good about themselves is the key to getting things done, both quickly and effectively. They understand that they must tap into the skills and talents of <em>everyone<\/em> in the organization to achieve results. Talent does <em>not<\/em> reside only in the executive office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Productivity = Quality x Quantity<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>One-minute managers are also time-management experts. As their name would suggest, <strong>most of the techniques they use can take as little as one minute<\/strong>. In today\u2019s interconnected, fast-moving world, your organization needs to be adaptive. 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