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The buffer between the people who do the work and the people who break it.
means A person responsible for directing the work of others and overseeing the operations of a team, project, or organization.
from From Italian 'maneggiare,' to handle or control — especially a horse, in the riding-ring sense of 'managing' a spirited animal. The root is Latin 'manus,' hand, so a manager is literally one who keeps things 'in hand.' The word trotted into English through French ('manège,' the art of horsemanship) and by the late 1500s had broadened from horses to households, businesses, and eventually the people who hold the reins of other people's labor.
- word origin
- From Italian maneggiare: to handle horses
- middle management
- Often the most fired layer in restructuring
- Peter Principle
- People rise until they reach incompetence
- meeting math
- Managers spend nearly half their week in meetings
- the title
- Sports teams call coaches managers too
sir alex ferguson — managed manchester united for 26 years, won 13 premier league titles
pep guardiola — manchester city manager since 2016, won 4 premier league titles in 7 years
carlo ancelotti — has managed real madrid, chelsea, bayern munich, and juventus across 30 years