Good managers can adapt the help they provide to the teams they manage. A team of high-performing engineers needs something different from a manager than a tea

Good managers can adapt the help they provide to the teams they manage. A team of high-performing engineers needs something different from a manager than a team of low-performing juniors. A team building a new product in a fast-growing startup will have different needs to a maintenance team in a bluechip. Nonetheless, I do like your thought experiment. It provides a model to think about what might be necessary.