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The Manager is a Scaling Product

Why does the manager exist?

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Yang Guo
Jan 08, 2024
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New managers prioritize their focus incorrectly, because they don’t understand why the role of a manager exists. The manager is a scaling product for a company, whose purpose is to maximize total value that they control while minimizing the resources they need to do this. The best managers first scales business impact, then sustains it via costs like he…

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