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Re:I resigned from Twitter by ineedasername on Monday November 29, 2021 @11:57AM (#29382119)
Well to be fair, good management should be practically invisible. It shouldn't be much of a factor in your day to day work. They should be overseeing larger trends, gently nudging things to stay on course, talking with others to coordinate, etc.

I have reasonably decent leadership where I work, and the only times I have much contact outside of my direct reporting line is when something has gone (or might go) seriously wrong. Outside of that, I'm given direction, expected to execute, and left to get on with it as I touch base every few days.

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Re:I resigned from Twitter by ErikVandeWater on Monday November 29, 2021 @01:20PM (#29383200)
> They should be overseeing larger trends, gently nudging things to stay on course, talking with others to coordinate, etc.

That's the point. The best managers/CEOs are mostly getting out of the way and telling person A to CC person B about a new idea. Not screwing up a system that works isn't the same as adding value.

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Re:I resigned from Twitter by cjblomqvist on Monday November 29, 2021 @01:05PM (#29382980)
Maybe at some companies, but I think Steve Jobs might beg to differ!
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Re:I resigned from Twitter by ineedasername on Monday November 29, 2021 @07:47PM (#29387402)
You're right, there are some outliers where micro managing have been successful, but I consider them just that: outliers. Because only a vastly minor portion of the population has that level passion and tunnel-vision of focus that is also right.
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