The One Minute Manager

Kenneth Blanchard is the author behind the hugely popular One Minute Manager series. His books, including The One Minute Manager and New One Minute Manager, provide straightforward strategies for effective leadership. Readers turn to his work for practical, actionable management insights.

Spencer Johnson (November 24, 1938 – July 3, 2017) was an American physician and author of business and self-help books. Born in Watertown, South Dakota, he took a psychology degree at the University of Southern California and a medical degree at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He wrote the ValueTales series of illustrated children's biographies in the 1970s before co-writing The One Minute Manager (1982) with Ken Blanchard. His 1998 parable Who Moved My Cheese? became a long-running b...