I read a great piece a few years ago outlining the notion that everyone should have two managers: one performance, and one pastoral. Often times those two eleme

I read a great piece a few years ago outlining the notion that everyone should have two managers: one performance, and one pastoral. Often times those two elements rarely overlap, and often contradict. Recently I've gone through a phase of having 5 managers in 6 months - two most recent ones are polar opposite, but both great. One was fantastic at making sure my work/life balance was going well, that I was making the most of networking and opportunities around the org. My current manager is great at managing my outcomes, and making sure all the i's are dotted and t's are crossed for org processes. I'd say if you only have one, the latter is the best for succeeding in a company - and the main marker of success is another pithy quote as below: "Their success is their team's success, their team's failures are their failures" - basically they pass the baton for their wins to the team, and take the burden of their employees mistakes themselves to the rest of the org (whilst not shielding them from the learning opportunity).