The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey

In the complex world of management, understanding how to delegate responsibility effectively is crucial. This book explores the challenges managers face when tasks—and the associated problems—pile up on their desks, hindering productivity and leadership effectiveness. It offers a practical framework to help managers and teams handle these challenges by redistributing ownership of tasks, metaphorically referred to as "monkeys," in a way that fosters accountability and efficiency.

• The "Monkey" metaphor: Represents a task, problem, or responsibility that requires action, which tends to get passed up to managers unless properly managed.
• Ownership is key: Problems should...

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