I always compare management to sports - where consistency is the key. If you're consistent across the entire season, you're the key player of that team and will

I always compare management to sports - where consistency is the key. If you're consistent across the entire season, you're the key player of that team and will get promoted/bumped with salary and so on. People rely on you and they know you'll get the job done. Managers are like coaches, they operate with resources to deliver a project or achieve a goal. If you help them by being consistent in your outputs (communication, velocity, quality) you will be rewarded - they rely on you to be the silent enforcer of their philosophy and a role model for others - nothing bad in that.