seagull manager
English
Etymology
The term became popular through a joke in Ken Blanchard's 1985 book Leadership and the One Minute Manager: "Seagull managers fly in, make a lot of noise, dump on everyone, then fly out."
Noun
seagull manager (plural seagull managers)
- (idiomatic, slang) A manager whose presence is rare and usually motivated by problems
Related terms
- seagull approach