Why Connector Managers Build Better Talent
b'Sari Wilde, a managing vice president at Gartner, studied 5,000 managers and identified four different types of leaders. The surprising result is that the \\u201calways on\\u201d manager is less effective at developing employees, even though many companies encourage supervisors to give constant feedback. Instead, the \\u201cconnector\\u201d manager is the most effective, because they facilitate productive interactions across the organization. Wilde explains what the best connector managers do, how to be one, and how to work for one. With Jaime Roca, Wilde wrote the book \\u201cThe Connector Manager: Why Some Leaders Build Exceptional Talent -- and Others Don\\u2019t.\\u201d'