Managers: Do Management Work
If you’re a senior manager and your mission is to create opportunities, does that mean you start projects to create opportunities? Sure. Does it mean you manage those projects? Almost never.
If you’re a senior manager, your job is to create a whole-organization environment in which people can work well. You can’t do that if you’re trying to manage a project—any project. Even if you think it’s just a one-person project to investigate some possibilities, assign someone from your group to do that work and report to you.
If you’re a mid-level manager, your job is to create that environment (of enabling great work) for your groups or teams and to see other projects or work to build on the higher strategy. If you’re ...
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