Manager-as-teacher
In LeSS, managers serve as teachers applying systems thinking and lean thinking, and practice "Go See."
LeSS explicitly reframes management. Managers are not abolished but redefined as teachers and organizational improvers who work on the system, not the work. Other frameworks don't address management structure directly — SAFe implicitly preserves traditional hierarchy.
Across the Frameworks
Scrum
AbsentSilent on management structure.
SAFe
ImplicitPreserves existing hierarchy; Business Owners formalize senior stakeholders.
LeSS
NativeManager-as-teacher
A defined principle.
Nexus
AbsentSilent on management structure.
Related Terms
Present in SAFe, LeSS.