Google Tried to Prove Managers Don't Matter. Instead, It Discovered 10 Traits of the Very Best Ones

By Inc.com - 2019-06-05

Description

Google's definition of what makes the very best managers will help you be your very best.

Summary

  • The hypothesis was that the quality of a manager doesn't matter and that managers are at best a necessary evil, and at worst a useless layer of bureaucracy.
  • So what follows are the 10 characteristics Google believes make for the best managers (and that it expects from managers), blended with my perspective on each trait.
  • They work to bring meaning into their lives, and meaning comes from personal growth and development.
  • Have the expertise to advise the team.

 

Topics

  1. Management (0.49)
  2. UX (0.07)
  3. NLP (0.06)

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