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For a variety of reasons, a number of line managers frequently want to do the work of their direct reports. However tempting this might be, doing the work of your team is rarely a good idea, neither for you as a line manager, nor for your team.
In the world of professional soccer, you are either a coach, coaching your team from the side, or you are a player in the field. As a soccer coach, you cannot occasionally enter the field during a match, start playing with your team, leave the field again, and, a little later, reenter the field to play again.
And for good reasons...
By Dirk VerburgFor a variety of reasons, a number of line managers frequently want to do the work of their direct reports. However tempting this might be, doing the work of your team is rarely a good idea, neither for you as a line manager, nor for your team.
In the world of professional soccer, you are either a coach, coaching your team from the side, or you are a player in the field. As a soccer coach, you cannot occasionally enter the field during a match, start playing with your team, leave the field again, and, a little later, reenter the field to play again.
And for good reasons...

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