Dead on. My first time with a single direct report was a catastrophe. I was like a helicopter parent (as opposed to a micromanager). I did get feedback from him

Dead on. My first time with a single direct report was a catastrophe. I was like a helicopter parent (as opposed to a micromanager). I did get feedback from him that we felt more like peers than manager/report, which he said felt weird but couldn't explain. He left the company, and I hope it wasn't due to me. Fast forward two years and I was managing 8 people, and I didn't have time to helicopter. Just like this article: I was too busy rotating through each person to spend too much time on any one. Plus I had one really good report and one terrible report, so I had to spend more time with the latter. Just like the public school system. Yeah, this is a great article. Short but important. Wish I had seen it ages ago.