Sure," said the One Minute Manager. "Suppose there was some noise in the
outside office that was bothering us. If I said to you, ‘Please go out now and tell
Mrs. Johnson to get those people to move their conversation down the hall and
when you've done that report back to me,' what leadership style would that be?"
"A directing style," said the entrepreneur. "How would you deal with the noise if
you wanted to use a supporting style?