I don't see there being an essential conflict. When people say managerial work they often mean a blend of the following (in this oft discussed startup CEO sitc

I don't see there being an essential conflict. When people say managerial work they often mean a blend of the following (in this oft discussed startup CEO sitch): • helping employees focus on high value tasks that perhaps have some personal growth value for the doer • business development • some element of divining an effective path into the future for the product or service (a roadmap if you will). • some element of business development and or retention. • more things. If you care deeply about creating an work place that can hire and retain people you'll be excited to work with, and sustainable continue to hire great people, good making CONTAINS good managing. You're just building by really trying to understand how incentives and human psychology interact.