# Why the Most Productive People Don’t Always Make the Best Managers

<https://hbr.org/2018/04/why-the-most-productive-people-dont-always-make-the-best-managers>

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## What Jamie wrote

Ignore the sensational headline, and dig into the six highlighted skills that were identified to correlate with strong managers. As a manager, each one of those could be a good opportunity to self-asses yourself.

## Facts

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## Appears in

- [WT122: Weekly Thing #122 / Oct 19, 2019](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/122/), Notable Links 📌

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