Do active managers outperform traditional managers? You bet they do.
Let me tell you why.
Traditional managers are reactive. They wait for problems to occur
and then try to put out the fires. In the meantime, they take care of
“business as usual”—scheduling, assigning tasks, checking on employee
activity, and writing reports. Their vision is also short-term. They
focus on immediate results. In the worst of practices, they simply
arrange to get rid of those employees that aren’t cutting the mustard.
Needless to say, these kinds of managers are becoming expendable
when organizations need to downsize or embrace flatter, more teambased
structures.