I see managers and executive level people are rated on how big their teams or how many people they lead. Shouldnt people be rewarded for achieving a goal with the least amount of people. If this becomes a criteria for promoting managers they will by default want to increase team size. because now the objective is to lead big teams instead of decreasing headcount to achieve the same thing. I think finance offers a better objective for big orgs you have only this much amount of money (that is your PnL) and if you are having more people in your team then everyone gets less, this will stop teams from getting bloated because the objective is to earn the most money with the least people. What do you think about this
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One key is that managers don't just choose to grow their teams. They don't pay the bills or create headcount on their own. Managers start by leading small teams. When they deliver effectively, their managers give them more responsibility, broader scope, and more people. Having more people is a reflection that you've earned that broad scope. Or at the very least, you've convinced your higher-ups that you deserve more responsibility.
Having more people is exponentially harder. It should not be a decision making factor for interviews though, but if you survived managing a successful large team that means you can have 20 1-1s weekly plus do your job, plus do calibration for all. Its a skill to have
Managers shouldn't be judged solely on the size of their org. But assuming two orgs have equal per-capita impact, managing a larger org is much tougher. The number of pairwise relationships increases as the square of the number of people. Lots of people = lots of conflict and disagreement.
I honestly wonder what the day to day is of a manager of managers.
You seem to be contradicting yourself
Please explain??