She sounds the ideal person to work in an agile team.  It sounds like the manager in this story is the one who needs to raise their game.  What I read in this article of their article is "I want a limited employee".  She sounds like a lady who can do what she was hired for AND give a lot more.  In product terms making back the costs AND selling for more is called PROFIT.  She is a profitable hire.

The workspace has evolved dramatically in my life time from turning up in a suit and tie, doing what you were told and calling your superiors sir, to turning up dressed appropriately, helping to define what needs doing and calling your boss Julie.
In the old world HR departments were asked to recruit based on IQ.  Later on they worked out that a bunch of antisocial smart people wasn't working out so they started recruiting with emotional intelligence in mind (EQ), now they talk about growth mindsets vs fixed mindsets and curiosity (CQ).

Reading through business blogs and publications CQ is becoming an extremely desirable trait.