Comment by theli0nheart
5 days ago
This was a good article but it doesn't even mention the hardest part of management: hiring and firing people.
I feel like a discussion of management without those components is missing something critical. Maintaining high performing teams requires that you get really good at this. This article makes it seem like the job is really just talking to people and making sure they're motivated, but in my experience that's the easiest part of the job.
Article author here, that's a great point. I've got a followup post coming soon about performance management (both high and low performers), but you're absolutely right, hiring and firing is such a critical part of management that also (usually) doesn't come with any training whatsoever. Great ideas for some more follow up posts, thank you!