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[quote=Anonymous]There are many ways to be a good manager, OP, and many ways to be a bad one. You have to find a method that fits your personality. If you're anxious and tend to be rather controlling, you will need to compromise between a certain level of respectful supervision and hiring the right people who in your view will make responsible decisions without your input. If you inherit a team, you need to understand how each of them works and bring out the best in each of them.

I think the root of being a good manager is treating everyone with respect. EVERYONE. Your team sees whether you greet the janitors cleaning the bathrooms, for ex, or the staff in the cafeteria, if there is one. You need to be respectful of people's time, of balancing their load among the team, of accommodating their various personalities and playing to their strengths, instead of trying to make them fit your mold. That's really hard!

And in the end... the good managers aren't necessarily the ones that get promoted. In certain workplaces, the ones who get promoted are the ones who spend a huge portion of their strategizing time networking with higher ups and flattering them in just the right away. They might neglect their team as a result.

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