In the end, however well-intentioned, this kind of overdefinition is unnecessary. A company should not force every manager to manage his people exactly the same way. Each manager will, and should, employ his own style. What a company can and should do is keep every manager focused on the four core activities of the catalyst role: select a person, set expectations, motivate the person and develop the person. No matter how many different styles they use, when managers play this role well, they lay the foundations. As far as is humanly possible, they release every single employee’s talent into
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