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[optimalsolver]

"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."

- Futurama

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This quote has, pound for pound, provided more comfort to terrible leaders than any other. It’s also just not true, good leadership is very obvious.

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Good leadership is only obvious in conflict or chaos. When everything is simple, it's easy for shit managers to look like good ones.

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Maybe you’ve never experienced good management? Good managers are significantly different in very obvious ways even in the absence of conflict.

A good managers job is not just helping you navigate chaos.