Management is for improving outcomes from groups of people (Zhou)

One sentence: “get better outcomes from a group of people working together.”[1]

Expanded:

• build a team that works well together
• support members in reaching their career goals
• create processes to get work done smoothly and efficiently

References

Julie Zhou, The Making of a Manager

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[1]: This is equivalent to summarizing a soccer players job as “win games.”

Backlinks

• The Making of a Manager
  • What is management for? Management is for improving outcomes from groups of people (Zhou)
• Great managers consistently achieve great outcomes (Zhou)
  • Management is for improving outcomes from groups of people (Zhou), the better a person can achieve an outcome by orchestrating a team, the more successful they have been at managing the team.
• Management is not the same thing as leadership (Zhou)
  • Management is a fairly technical and specific job description (see Management is for improving outcomes from groups of people (Zhou)).
• Relationship strengthening meetings (Zhou)
  • Teams are made of people (Management is for improving outcomes from groups of people (Zhou)), and people work better when they know and trust each other (Managers set their /People/ up to succeed (Zhou)).