Monkey Management: How to Deal with a Monkey on Your Back

Do you ever find yourself taking on other people's work, and then finding it's like having a monkey on your back? What you need to learn about is Monkey Management. And that's the topic of this video.

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This video is part of course module number 1.6.1
Program 1: Managing Yourself
Course 6: Personal Productivity
Section 1: Effective Working

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- Failure of Multitasking: The Multitasking Myth
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LESSON NOTES
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The metaphor of a monkey on your back comes from William OnckenJr.
You can read about it in the book, The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey - https://geni.us/HRSoXkF
Oncken's four rules for Monkey Management:

What?
Rule 1: Describe the Monkey
The next move

Who?
Rule 2: Assign an Owner
Lowest level

How?
Rule 3: Take out Insurance
Levels of Authority

What if?
Rule 4: Check up on the Monkey
You still have some responsibility
RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
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1. Review all of the work you have on at the moment. How many of other people's monkeys do you have on your desk? (1 MC CPD Point)
2. It's time to get those other people's monkeys off your desk. Retrospectively, apply the rules of monkey management. For each one, decide the next step and who the owner should have been. Then, go find them and brief them. Get back in control. (4 MC CPD Points)
3. Next time someone approaches you with a monkey on their back, before you find yourself saying 'leave it with me'... Stop! Now's the time to practice monkey management (2 MC CPD Points)

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RECOMMENDED READING
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For this video, take a look at The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey
.... https://geni.us/HRSoXkF

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