About 1-on-1 Management™

1-on-1 Management™: What Every Great Manager Knows That You Don’t introduces a set of proven management principles that can be used immediately to build trust, improve communication, and create a positive work environment. It introduces a step-by-step approach to effective management that creates real and lasting results.

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The objective of 1-on-1 Management™ is to create an environment that engages employees, satisfies the employees’ need to be valued, and establishes a lasting trust between managers and employees. Unquestionably, this is a tall order—one that will require a significant investment of time and energy by a manager who most likely doesn’t feel there is enough time in the day to finish the current workload.

However, what is the alternative?

“WOW! I have never been so excited about a book. You say all the things I have always believed but was not capable of putting into words. This is now required reading for my sales managers and I will encourage all managers to read it as well.

M. Larkin, Regional Manager

In order to create a workplace environment that engages employees, managers have to accept that they bear the primary responsibility for employee engagement, accountability, and performance. If you doubt that to be true, simply ask yourself these three questions: Who hires the employees? Who trains them? Who leads them?

One of the things that great managers understand is that their primary responsibility is to develop the potential of people. More importantly, they have learned the skills to do exactly that. They also recognize that managing is about leading, and leading is dependent upon developing a relationship of trust; that trust precedes commitment and commitment is necessary for extraordinary performance.

“I purchased your book at the OAPC meeting a month ago. Once I started reading on the plane during vacation I couldn’t put it down. It was right on [and] I began using the common sense things that I hadn’t been doing.”

M. Morris, Dept. Manager

The root causes for ineffective managers and disenfranchised employees are mostly systemic, with the blame resting squarely on the flawed process that routinely puts people into management slots without adequate preparation or training. Companies need managers to be sure, but to prosper in an increasingly unforgiving marketplace, companies need those managers to be strong leaders.

1-on-1 Management™: What Every Great Manager Knows That You Don’t will help you develop the skills to be a strong leader and a great manager!

“Kelly has culled the vast domain of pop management and leadership works today, wrapped it around the reality experiences he has learned that actually work, and produced a great contribution to the field of organizational leadership today! I like the stories, the strategic perspectives, and tactical applications built into 1-on-1 Management™. This will be a great handbook for those that want to accelerate the people talent war to greater victories.”

Jeffrey Magee, Ph.D., PDM, CSP, CMC
Founder of Jeffrey Magee International, and Publisher of Performance Magazine