He is a hands-on manager who knows how to fix broken reactors.

He was a hands-on manager who went to the shop every day.

On each of two visits, the congenial, hands-on manager, checked more than once to see that things were going well.

She was a hands-on manager, both at school and at home.

His young bride took a very real interest in the management of the plantation, being in some ways a more hands-on manager than her husband.

I've been asked if I was a hands-on manager or an arms-length type.

How would a hands-on manager handle a segment of the food business in which he had no experience?

A hands-on manager, he paid attention both to internal operations in the Pentagon and to international security issues.

Then the lending crisis shook him up, and he's a much more hands-on manager now.

Other accounts said the board wanted a more hands-on financial manager.