The Manager Pool

I suspect I'm going to have to order this book: The Manager Pool: Patterns for Radical Leadership

I simply like the premise:

"What if -- instead of a programmer pool -- there were a manager pool, from which self-selected software developers chose the leader for their project? Would you be chosen? Do you have what it takes to lead developers to produce more creatively and proficiently?"

As a manager, this simple idea is important to keep in mind.

One of the reviewers on Amazon has put together a list of the patterns in the book.