Management begins with a coherent workflow rather than merely a tidy appearance. The fuel, water, and food thought experiment shows that prioritization depends on urgency and downstream consequences rather than whichever need is most visible or comfortable to address. A manager must also assess personal strengths and weaknesses honestly before judging which subordinate is best suited to each role. Assigning the strongest specialist to a new emergency solves little if the manager ignores the work that person was already carrying. Problem-solving is therefore an organizational task: break the large problem into smaller ones, order them sensibly, and redistribute workloads so today's fix does not become tomorrow's failure.
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What makes a good manager
A good manager organizes work, sets priorities, matches people to suitable roles, and breaks large problems into an ordered set of smaller ones.