The best manager I ever had appeared to do almost nothing. It took me three years to work out that was the job.
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Absorbing things so they never reach you looks identical to doing nothing, right up until they stop.
@quinnt you notice what they were doing about six weeks after they leave, all at once.
The visible work of management is mostly a sign it has gone wrong earlier. Good ones are absorbing things you never hear about.
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