http://www.olaguez.net/77/great-manager/ Digital-Talk: Forums, Reviews, & Fiction Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:56:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.olaguez.net/77/great-manager/#comment-123 Kevin Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:49:10 +0000 http://www.olaguez.net/77/great-manager/#comment-123 Being a manager is tough as you have the demands of those above you and well as all the issues of those below you. It takes a good listener as well as someone willing to make tough decisions and understand all the issues and ramifications of their decisions. I have never wanted to be a manager as I would rather be involved with the day to day issues (front lines) than being a general pulling the punches but still dependent on others to actually do the work in a timely manner. Management is much tougher than most people realize. You need to be technically smart as well as capable of understanding people very well and usually these two things are not possessed by one individual. Being a manager is tough as you have the demands of those above you and well as all the issues of those below you. It takes a good listener as well as someone willing to make tough decisions and understand all the issues and ramifications of their decisions. I have never wanted to be a manager as I would rather be involved with the day to day issues (front lines) than being a general pulling the punches but still dependent on others to actually do the work in a timely manner. Management is much tougher than most people realize. You need to be technically smart as well as capable of understanding people very well and usually these two things are not possessed by one individual.

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