Book of the Week: The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey
Steve breaks down a classic delegation book and the shared vocabulary — 'who's got the monkey?' — that keeps tasks from silently boomeranging back to the boss.
Steve Simonson
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Show notes
Steve opens a Book of the Week discussion with The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey, a thin, easy read he's leaned on for management vocabulary for years.
The episode covers why shared terms matter on a team, how the 'monkey' metaphor clarifies who actually owns a task, and why delegation breaks down without that clarity.
Useful for any founder or manager trying to stop absorbing work that belongs to someone else.