The 59-Second Employee: How to Stay One Second Ahead of Your One-Minute Manager

by Rae André

Book Overview

The 59-Second Employee is an employee's response to formula management, an antidote to the quick-fix corporation. It is a little book that speaks volumes about cooperation in management and brings... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039535630X
• ISBN13: 9780395356302
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

your best defense

Do you have one of those One Minute Managers? Don't despair and don't get so mad that you end up telling your boss exactly what you think of the One Minute style. Instead take a deep breath, relax and find yourself a copy of the 59 Second Employee. It tells you everything you need to know in order to keep your cool until your manager goes on to something else.

For any professional who is NOT managed by a genius!

Is your manager always right? Do you frequently need a scolding for your foolish work behavior? If not, then you NEED this book!I was afraid this gem was no longer available - I am so glad that it's still around! Because as long as people are still reading and recommending "The One-Minute Manager", then "The 59-Second Employee" is the best antidote.Think about your job and the skills you've learned over all the years you've been employed. If you saw a book that purported to teach those skills in a few One-Minute rules, you'd know it was silly. But somehow some managers believe that managing other people is as simple as that! You need to protect yourself from any manager who handles you this way.This book tells you how to manage up - how to use your knowledge and skills to help your manager help your team and help you.If you are managed by someone else, you need this book. If you manage others, then PLEASE read this book! You owe it to the people you depend on.

Brilliant *AND* Hilarious

If you think that "The One Minute Manager" and "Who Moved My Cheese?" are good books, then this book is definitely not for you.However, if you look up over the Dilbert calendar on your desk and shake your head at the multiple idiocies of "one-minute management" invading corporate America today, then you will certainly enjoy this book.

Tired of one minute mangers? Find this book.

The one minute manager is a really dumb book. If you ever work for one of these pointy headed dudes who use it as their management bible, you need help. The "59 second employee" will help you out. While the best thing may be to change jobs, i.e. hire yourself a new manager, sometimes that isn't an option. As the 59 second employee you can train a one minute manager to stop doing one minute solutions to complex problems. Its harder work than doing your job, but possible. Thanks to the fact you read this book and are at least one second ahead of them.