A good manager spends considerable time hiring so they can find the best possible people for the role. The manager then ensures their hires have clear objectives and goals and training and tools. Then the manager gets out of the way and lets them do what they were hired for. This takes the least “work” for the manager but can be the most difficult, especially if they are insecure at all.
It really helps if a manager more or less knows how to do the tasks they assign/delegate. But hopefully they’re hiring people better than them at a subset of tasks. The managers job is to understand how it all comes together and the bigger picture of the company.
In essence, a maestro. A maestro can play all the instruments but not anywhere near as well as each individual player. The maestros job is keep them all in harmony so they can all play their best within the confines the maestro provides them.
It really helps if a manager more or less knows how to do the tasks they assign/delegate. But hopefully they’re hiring people better than them at a subset of tasks. The managers job is to understand how it all comes together and the bigger picture of the company.
In essence, a maestro. A maestro can play all the instruments but not anywhere near as well as each individual player. The maestros job is keep them all in harmony so they can all play their best within the confines the maestro provides them.