I admire my boss a lot.
He's very capable.
He knows exactly what he's doing and he's not afraid to get his hands dirty,
not like some managers who think they're above it all.
The one problem is that he takes on too much.
I don't think it's because he doesn't trust us to do a good job.
It's because he likes to be involved in everything.
He's a bit of a control freak.
The result is that he spreads himself very thin, when he could hand more work out to others,
and he's often overloaded and stressed.
Cheryl's not particularly brilliant, but she knows that.
She knows her own limitations, which is certainly one of her strengths.
In fact, I don't think you have to be particularly bright to be a manager.
That's more a quality you need in a leader.
A manager's job is to bring order to the workplace and the team,
so that people are clear about what they should be doing and when they should be doing it.
Cheryl is very good at getting everyone working in the most efficient way
and that makes our working environment much less stressful.