How to be a "CUTE" manager - A newbie's perspective!
How to be a "CUTE" manager – A newbie’s perspective! I understand the skepticism you would be feeling at this point. Who is this newbie, with less than seven years of professional experience, to write about the art and science of managing and leading others, a field which many experts and leading thinkers have spent decades researching and writing! I agree that perhaps I am not even qualified to comment. In fact, the CUTE acronym which I will build upon may not even be MECE (mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive). I get that. However, the article offers a few perspectives, a few nuggets based on my experiences and my observations. So please bear with me. Over the years, I have come across diverse kinds of managers. There were a few that added absolutely no value but were at the forefront when it came to claiming credit. There were a few who were fabulous individual contributors but didn’t care about their teams. On the other hand, I was fortunate to m