[NalNezumi]

That was a pleasant read, thank you for the comment. I've felt something similar about management, but not quite clear enough to put in to words.

Maybe I'm late in my comment but, I have two questions if you do not mind.

If you have a manager that is not quite like that, but probably somewhere in their mind would agree to that stance, how could one push that person to that direction? I have my manager (and a friend) in mind, gives good autonomy and let everyone work in the way they feel is optimal. But it also most often lead to aimless or fuzzy goal setting, a lot of ambiguity. My guess is that the thing lacking is the inquisitive nature; like you mentioned you do, he does not check in on people how they feel, what's blocking them, what's suboptimal for them. He simply check in for an update on progress and set meeting to update what he's up to.

Is there any good material or pointer that could make someone manage more like that?

I also informally manage one person due language barrier and the question also applies to me.