"With humour and logic the authors describe the delicate business of assigning monkeys to the right masters and keeping them healthy... Can lead to effective delegation."

--Publishers Weekly

This book, one of the most liberating in the extraordinary One Minute Manager library, teaches an unforgettable lesson: how to save time to do what you want and need to do. Step by step, the authors show how managers can free themselves from doing everyone else's job and ensure that every problem is handled by the proper person. By using the Four Rules of Monkey Management, managers will learn to become effective supervisors of time, energy and talent - especially their own.

The Problem 

First Management Position

Meeting with Boss

Meeting with the One Minute Manager

Fundamental Management Dilemma

Diagnosis--Self-Inflicted Problem 

Definition of a Monkey 

Who Owns the Monkey? 

Vicious Cycle 

The Solution 

The One Minute Manager's Awakening 

The Depth of the Problem 

Rescuing 

A Feeling of Optimism 

Retuming the Monkeys 

Having Time for My People 

Oncken's Rules of Monkey Management 

Rule 1 Descriptions 

Rule 2 Owners 

Rule 3 Insurance Policies 

Rule 4  Feeding and Checkups 

A Summary of Oncken's Four Rules of Monkey Management

Delegation

Coaching

Balancing Three Kinds of Organizational Time

Boss-Imposed Time

System-Imposed Time

Self-Imposed Time

Discretionary--The Most Vital Time

Starting with Subordinate-Imposed Time 

Planting Discretionary Time 

Managing Rather Than Doing 

The Ultimate Conversion

Praisings

About the Authors

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