{"id":89656,"date":"2022-06-16T09:16:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T09:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/?p=89656"},"modified":"2022-06-16T09:16:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T09:16:40","slug":"in-praise-of-managers-good-job-folks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/in-praise-of-managers-good-job-folks\/","title":{"rendered":"In praise of managers \u2013 good job folks."},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently unfollowed a Dilbert group on Facebook. I think Dilbert is hilarious but the outpouring of vitriol in comments on the site against managers was ridiculous.<\/p>\n

I see similar trends on LinkedIn and Twitter where managers are routinely disparaged as overcontrolling, bureaucratic and deliberately obstructive.<\/p>\n

I’ve had the opportunity to observe a lot of managers in my corporate career and also in training tens of thousands of them in new ways of working. There are, as in any aspect of life, a small number of complete idiots.<\/p>\n

There are a few more who are trying to do a good job but accidentally stray into dysfunctional behaviours. For example, the desire to help and a strong work ethic can easily shade into micromanagement.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of managers I meet though are just ordinary (and some extraordinary) people trying to do their best in a tough job and generally doing it well.<\/p>\n

It’s must be quite dispiriting for them to read lists about the difference between managers and leaders where managers are just described as bureaucratic process followers and all the good stuff gets done by leaders. The reality is you need both, if you can’t get things done all the vision in the world is pointless.<\/p>\n

There could be many reasons why people are unduly critical of managers including<\/p>\n