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. ---- ''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?'''