Managerial Cover Fire

Behavior provided by a manager to protect the staff under him/her from interference by those outside that branch of the organization.

Examples:

• a developer taking a managerial position to prevent a more useful staffer from being placed as manager, diluting their effect on the code.
• requiring all contact with the group to be coordinated with the manager.
• personally accepting full responsibility for the performance of the team. See KentOnWardOnSustainablePace.
• taking care of administrative matters.

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Sure, my manager covered me with fire on a regular basis. We spent at lot of time FireFighting. Mostly I ignore him how.

Being the GoalDonor does not make you a manager. They are (should be) separate roles. Are they compatible?'