Second time today I am quoting this from "Peopleware" by DeMarco and Lister: Sharon knew what all good instinctive managers know: The manager's function is

Second time today I am quoting this from "Peopleware" by DeMarco and Lister: Sharon knew what all good instinctive managers know: The manager's function is not to make people work, but to make it possible for people to work. That actually comes after this anecdote: One snowy day, I dragged myself out of a sickbed to pull together our shaky sys- tem for a user demo. Sharon came in and found me propped up at the console. She disappeared and came back a few minutes later with a container of soup. After she'd poured it into me and buoyed up my spirits, I asked her how she found time for such things with all the management work she had to do. She gave me her patented grin and said, Tom, this is management.