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Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
I N Power to the Middle: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work , authors Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock, and Emily Field contend that middle managers are crucial to the new world of work. They came to realize that they needed middle managers more than ever. They can inform all three in return.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
On paper, your middle managers are in your organization’s sweet spot. In reality, however, your middle managers are in a tough place. They’re the conduits between your strategic vision and the teams who implement that vision. They’re under increasing pressure–from above to […].
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Eric Jacobson
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
The book, Power To The Middle , shows how managers are the crucial link between a company’s ground floor and top brass. However, new KcKinsey research reveals that this outdated perspective needs to change and that well-developed managers are the strategy that companies must prioritize to succeed today,” they add.
Great Leadership By Dan
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
I thought his answer was simple but brilliant, and gets to the heart of one of the biggest and oldest mistakes middle or senior managers make when they get promoted. The reason they were such great Coordinators is because they were good at motivating and developing their players. Select and hire capable first-line managers.
Lead Change Blog
APRIL 17, 2011
Can you develop people remotely? And high unemployment combined with the current economic malaise has forced many companies to cut back on middle-managers and travel. All of this creates a toxic environment for leadership development. Traditionally developing leaders is a mentoring activity.
Eric Jacobson
JANUARY 26, 2024
The book, Power To The Middle , shows how managers are the crucial link between a company’s ground floor and top brass. However, new KcKinsey research reveals that this outdated perspective needs to change and that well-developed managers are the strategy that companies must prioritize to succeed today,” they add.
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Research shows that middle managers don’t get much love. When I was a middle manager – a program director at three different non-profits – I felt this frustration. Middle managers are employees, too! Among the “all employees” who responded, some were supervisors and managers.
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