However managers get judged weirdly. Because they can't point to what they did and say look at my work, it's excellent.
Good management is invisible. Things just work. It's smooth. Everyone gets stuff done. Bs doesn't happen.
So it creates this weird problem. A manager is valued based on the number of people under them. Meanwhile they need to quickly figure out who they can trust. And frankly this is a critical skill. A good manager can judge people quickly and figure out who is doing good work and who isn't and who can be trained up to be better. But good managers aren't a dime a dozzen. Just because you know the business well doesn't mean you can make a team effective.
And so the problem.
This is why the phrase goes... People come for the company and the money. People stay for the manager.
Good managers are necessary.
However managers get judged weirdly. Because they can't point to what they did and say look at my work, it's excellent.
Good management is invisible. Things just work. It's smooth. Everyone gets stuff done. Bs doesn't happen.
So it creates this weird problem. A manager is valued based on the number of people under them. Meanwhile they need to quickly figure out who they can trust. And frankly this is a critical skill. A good manager can judge people quickly and figure out who is doing good work and who isn't and who can be trained up to be better. But good managers aren't a dime a dozzen. Just because you know the business well doesn't mean you can make a team effective.
And so the problem.
This is why the phrase goes... People come for the company and the money. People stay for the manager.