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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1073810" data-attributes="member: 18006">I completely relate to that! I was the same way... I never liked being in the limelight; I always wanted to be the drummer, not the guitar hero or lead singer. It often didn't work out that way, because in almost every job (over 5 separate careers) I'd quickly get promoted into supervisory or manager positions, ultimately retiring as the operations manager of a department of ~110 employees. That's the one from which I took early retirement at the start of covid. But I learned to get past the internal conflicts by viewing my department as a team, and making my management style more that of a coach than a hardassed "boss". I borrowed liberally from Big Chief Buddha, Phil Jackson. I made it my role to constantly look for ways to help my people do the best job they could. Got excellent results, still felt like I was working low-profile and behind the  scenes.The thing about football coaches, though, is that they often tend to be aggressive, competitive guys - I'm not sure how many of them would be content to play second fiddle if they had a chance to move up a rung.</blockquote>

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