Jerome said his biggest problem was time management. He was overloaded, deadlines were getting missed, and he was stressed.

Managing his team was his biggest time drain.

“When they ask me questions, I get stuck spending time with them instead of doing my own work. And when I don’t hear from them, I usually discover they’ve made mistakes that I need to clean up.”

I replied, “Jerome, your biggest problem is you’re a “seagull manager.”

What’s a ‘seagull manager?’

A seagull is usually off flying around somewhere, but every once in a while, it swoops in unexpectedly, makes a lot of noise, dumps a load, and then flies off again.

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