Simon Brown wrote:
"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
A good manager is a leader whose job is to get the best from the team,
That's the theory, anyway. In reality its nothing like that.
I've long had concerns about what makes a good manager, having
experienced quite a lot of managers during my engineering career.
I've never worked with anybody who began straight off having
trained as a "manager", indeed can't quite see how anybody could
do this.
However, the other end of the scale, where promotion is based
only on engineering ability, is not without snags. There was a
time when my chief engineer and engineering manager, whilst both
excellent engineers, had no management skills. This was such a
shame, as their real talents were wasted, and their ineptitude
diminished the work of those in their charge.
Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
Plant amazing Acers.