Account Managers

A team comprised of individual contributors within an organization. The primary goal of an Account Manager is to retain clients, provide services on a daily basis, and grow the account.

A group of Account Managers is commonly referred to as a Herd.
You better finish that donut before a herd of Account Managers come through.
by franklydave June 28, 2017
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mushroom management

A way to manage tech teams working to an ill-defined task, described by Tracy Kidder as "Keep them in the dark, feed them shit, watch them grow" (in his 1981 title 'The Soul of a New Machine' about the people that built the first minicomputer at Data General).
As long as the outcome remains undefined, there's no way to hold them accountable for whichever result. You'd better apply mushroom management instead.
by Nada Knicks August 05, 2022
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herd management

When a person is trying to keep a large number of lovers or potential lovers in contact. Oftentimes by making a quick text throughout the day possibly a generic text that can be copied and pasted to multiple people. The person usually overreaches their span of control and becomes overwhelmed. In the animal kingdom this would be similar to a buck trying to control a large number of doe hence “herd management “
Every morning I get up I gotta do herd management by sending out a text to my girls.
by Shade tree May 23, 2019
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On December 15th it’s national gymnastics team manager day where you shower your manager in gifts
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Goodwin Management

An AI chatbot that HOAs hire to just tell you to “no” or to fill out forms.
I tried to reason with them but got the Goodwin Management instead.
by oondada July 15, 2021
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Dinosaur Manager

A football manager that’s been in the game for a long time and been to multiple clubs but not able to provide results for their club and often have the tactics of a goldfish and normally take their team down to relegation.
I hope we don’t get a replacement dinosaur manager like Steve Bruce, Sam Allardyce or Neil Warnock
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An old, time-honored management technique in large corporations.

1. Keep your employees in the dark.
2. Feed them shit.
3. When they grow up, cut them off at the roots.
The CEO of XYZ Corp is a big believer in the mushroom theory of management.
by Hot Licks July 21, 2020
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