A few years ago, leadership at the health system where I worked was tasked with reading, The One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard. As part of "leadership," I also read the book. The basic premise behind The One Minute Manager is that effective managers give their employees instruction, and then they leave employees to their own devices to do their jobs. That is, effective managers, go in, get out, and get out of the way. I recall in discussions, how this was a nice idea. I recall further making the comment how it was a refreshing take to some other philosophies of management, which I called, "Managing Every Minute." There are some managers who think that having control over what their employees are doing every minute of every day is important. Now, I have served as a project manager in the past, and there are times when as a leader, and manager (note they are not necessarily the same thing), that you do have to manage tasks, time spent, and activiti
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