Skip to content Itโs easy to think the traditional manager role is outdated. After all, ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐, not oversight.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐. ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ.
Many managers were promoted for performance, not people skills. Some simply arenโt suited for the role, while others could thrive with the right training and support. Either way, when those needs go unaddressed, companies unintentionally create disengagement at scale.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฌ donโt protect power. They ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. Their success shows when the team can thrive without them.
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ
๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ.
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, not cautiously.
๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, not just tasks, so people develop judgment along with skill.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ. ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒโ๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ.
๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐?
