[fallingfrog]

I have always thought that the proper role of a manager is basically to act as a liaison between your team, and the rest of the organization.

A lot of the time management is heavy handed and seeks to control or dictate to the team, but that’s an antipattern imho. The manager will communicate to the team when the broader organization needs something from them, however, making other decisions is something the team can usually do themselves by simply discussing it; a manager that tries to unilaterally make a lot of the team’s decisions for them without their input is hindering rather than helping.