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> Good managers are invisible geniuses who know how to fade into the backdrop, get out of your way, allow you to make decisions, and do not feel fear that they have to micromanage or create empty superficial artifacts to justify that they are working.

I feel like this book discusses exactly the kind of Good Manager you are talking about: https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Ship-Around-Turning-Followers/dp...

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Thank you. I am addicted to good management philosophy books. I think Peopleware also discusses a lot about this rare kind of manager.

On a less serious note, I really hope that for Turn the Ship Around! they went on a multi-city lecture tour and got Gloria Estefan to perform "Turn the Beat Around" but with "Ship" inserted, as the book's author ran up and down the aisles wearing chinos and a button down and high-fiving attendees. Then, slightly out of breath, he gets to the stage and the music awkwardly and abruptly cuts out, and he's like "Woo! Hello Peoria!! Are you ready to turn the ship around!!"

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