Maybe Tony is right. No one knows what being a good manager is anymore. And on top of that, nobody cares. Conventional wisdom tells us that the manager role is no longer very important. Apparently, managers are now an impediment to speed, flexibility and agility. Today’s agile companies can no longer afford to employ armies of managers to shuffle papers, sign approvals and monitor performance. They need self-reliant, self-motivated, self-directed work teams. No wonder managers were first against the wall when the reengineering revolution came.
