this strikes at something i've been thinking about for a long time, a good manager learns to leverage his people to get things done, he/she is paid to drive peo

this strikes at something i've been thinking about for a long time, a good manager learns to leverage his people to get things done, he/she is paid to drive people to get things done. there's an age old adage that says you should not give people fish, but teach people to fish (i am paraphrasing). and what i've found in my transition from individual contributor to manager is that what made me good as an individual contributor has not helped for management. now i spend my time doing less and directing more, it's taken significant effort for this transformation because i've always relied on myself. but in a sense, this is still doing because i'm still getting significant things accomplished, but channeling my energy elsewhere. one other side comment is that it almost seems to me that people that are naturally lazy seem to make good managers, their natural tendency to not want to do stuff drives them to push things on others (not exactly the only management style). what are your thoughts? i probably should post something else rather than ruin this post.