What is good about him is the recognition that as a good leader there is no such thing as "not my job", and focusing on personal dignity when fighting a lost cause.

What's bad is his blindness thanks to being "the manager". His corn-pone is dependent on not realizing that excessive centralization has made every other manager totally unaccountable & uninvested in long-term success, so the principal-agent problem is eating the country alive. He doesn't even realize his compulsion for taking on more responsibility is the true source of the problem.