Just generally, as an employee, what I value in my manager is "someone who's got my back".
I would say what that means is, internally, you run interference to shield your reports from management incompetence and thrash, you take responsibility for failures, and internally promote (in the "promoter" sense) them. And externally, proactively provide professional advice and support, even if that means losing someone important to your team.
More than anything else, those are the qualities I strive to as a manager. (Not saying I'm perfect at it)
This right here. My manager needs to be a shit shield not a shit peddler. A team will never get anything done if the lead lets upper management pull the team every which way.
I would say "provide 'actionable' professional advice". There's manager who keeps dropping advice thinking they're some fountain of knowledge and there's some manager who actually provide tailored made advice for said individual that can be acted upon.
General advice without a specific individual in mind is useless. That's like saying "do the right thing".
I would say what that means is, internally, you run interference to shield your reports from management incompetence and thrash, you take responsibility for failures, and internally promote (in the "promoter" sense) them. And externally, proactively provide professional advice and support, even if that means losing someone important to your team.
More than anything else, those are the qualities I strive to as a manager. (Not saying I'm perfect at it)