I think we should deconflict managers from leaders. Managers are people who facilitate employees' productivity and HR matters, whereas leaders trail-blaze prior

I think we should deconflict managers from leaders. Managers are people who facilitate employees' productivity and HR matters, whereas leaders trail-blaze priorities, philosophy, and mentor towards the actual work. The issue is trying to make a senior leader into both a leader and a manager, when these are very different skillsets and both take a great deal of time. IMO, it's better to do like Google by having managers that aren't micromanaging tasks but are there to provide assistance. tl;dr: Let the leaders lead and the managers manage. It's nice when one person can do both well, but that's an unreasonable expectation for the amount of work involved.