The job of the manager

A manager responsibilities gravitate between 2 areas:

Develop people: Managers motivated by developing people want you to do the best work of your career. They regularly check in on how you are doing and care a great deal about team and company culture, and your role in it. They’re a personal cheerleader.

Deliver outcomes: Managers motivated by delivering outcomes want you to drive excellent work to completion. They regularly check in on the status of your projects and care a great deal about the quality, progress, and outcomes of the work, and your role in it. They’re a personal work catalyst.

Craft: Managers who value craft want u to do spectacular, work. Craft-focused managers seek a combination of pixel-perfection and innovation. They’ll obsess over the details. These types of managers are often experts themselves who may have moved into a management role to multiply their impact. 

Machinery: Managers who value machinery believe that how things get done is just as important as what gets done. They seek to build well-oiled machines and processes that are working. Often, managers who take pride in machinery are professional managers more than they are practitioners.