The Horizons Tracker
MAY 23, 2024
Middle managers are a much-maligned presence in the workplace, with few people having much good to say about them. However, research from Wharton reminds us that this image is often unfair and that middle managers can play a crucial role in a functioning workplace.
LDRLB
MAY 20, 2013
Middle managers don’t get a lot of attention or respect. Even most business satires are targeted squarely at middle managers, think Michael Scott or Bill Lumberg. In most organizations, the impact of middle managers is just as important as that of senior leadership. But leadership happens at all levels.
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The Horizons Tracker
MARCH 5, 2024
Digital technology is playing an increasingly important role in the employee evaluation process, with performance analysis apps allowing employees to review their colleagues. “So when we merge these trends of social connectedness, instant communication, and use of technology, we come up with this wonderful application.”
Lead Change Blog
APRIL 17, 2011
New technologies are being created at a rapidly increasing pace. And high unemployment combined with the current economic malaise has forced many companies to cut back on middle-managers and travel. Can you develop people remotely? All of this creates a toxic environment for leadership development.
HR Digest
APRIL 6, 2020
The top managers are the C-suite managers and carry the titles of chiefs-- the chief executive office, the chief financial officer, the chief marketing manager, the chief operational manager, and the chief technology manager. Their role is to convey top-down management. Middle managers.
The Horizons Tracker
AUGUST 22, 2021
The author cites the example of middle managers who don’t really know what their team is working on but have to talk to their boss about it nonetheless. The paper cites the number of AI “experts” that have emerged as the technology has hit the mainstream. Negative consequences.
Skip Prichard
JULY 15, 2019
They tend to think of innovation as a shiny new product or service that incorporates a major advance in technology—something like the Model T or the iPhone. Because it takes an enormous amount of money to find a truly revolutionary technology or product. Many of them have little understanding of what innovation actually means.
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