Ken Blanchard s phenomenal bestselling classic The One Minute Manager explores the skills needed to become an effective self leader. Now， Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager clearly and thoroughly reveals how power， freedom， and autonomy come from having the right mind-set and the skills needed to take personal responsibility for success. In this captivating business parable， number one New York Times bestselling author Ken Blanchard， with coauthors Susan Fowler and Laurence Hawkins， tells the story of Steve， a young advertising executive who is about to lose his job. During a series of talks with a gifted magician named Cayla， Steve comes to realize the power of taking responsibility for his situation and not playing the victim. Passing along the knowledge she has learned from the One Minute Manager， Cayla teaches Steve the three skills of self leadership. These three techniques not only empower him to keep his job but show him what he needs to know in order to keep growing， learning， and achieving. For twenty-five years， millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed Ken Blanchard s management method， thus increasing their productivity， job satisfaction， and personal prosperity. Now， discover Ken Blanchard s newest techniques in Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager and experience the profitability that has been achieved by applying his management lessons.