Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Research shows that middle managers don’t get much love. A recent study by the journal Sociology of Health and Illness , shared in this Washington Post article , found that middle managers and supervisors are more likely to suffer depression, to feel taken advantage of at work, and to experience anxiety about work than are frontline workers or senior leaders. Middle managers are employees, too! Leadership Development Leadership Management

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 21, 2017

Let’s set aside the boring debate about leaders vs. managers for a moment and take a look at daily life for most managers in organizations. The reality is that middle managers provide leadership, or at least have the opportunity to provide leadership, all the time. Although some middle managers think their job is to manage people, in […]. Leadership Leaders vs. Managers middle managers Role of Middle Managers

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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. Winning Well how to development middle managers leadership middle managersThey’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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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. In a recent study, that impact quantified and researchers found that a good middle manager was worth almost two team members.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 8, 2015

But trust me, the managers with the best outcomes are masters of translation. Great Managers are Translators. The very best managers are leaders with a keen ability translate: Industry dynamics into pragmatic straight talk: They listen closely to what’s happen with competitors and strategic partners. Great middle managers take time to learn the languages of those around them, and listen well to hear the truths from multiple perspectives.

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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. If you’re a middle or senior manager, how many of you are still managing your old employees and not leading your organization by managing your supervisors or managers? Managing managers is way different that managing individual contributors.

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Women on Business

JULY 18, 2012

A study from McKinsey & Co reveals some possible reasons why the careers of most business women stall at middle management. Vikram Malhotra, McKinsey’s chairman of the Americas, says, ‘Middle-management women get promoted on performance, while middle-management men get promoted on potential.’ ” Read the Full Article: Why Women Rarely Leave Middle Management via blogs.wsj.com.

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Management Craft

MARCH 29, 2011

An infoline (the marriage of a very short book, article, white paper, and manifesto) I wrote for the ASTD Press called Middle Management Acumen just cam out. This would be a great tool for informal management training. Here's the description: "Management is the best and most challenging job, and it provides the best opportunities to have maximum impact. Books Management acumen ASTD middle management

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 8, 2016

Over 30 years of management consulting has made clear that the locus for a breakdown in performance improvement lies in middle management. But, the middle is often a desert between these two groups. Middle managers oversee several functions which do not naturally come together as a team as is the case with front line groups. However, I have found that the culprit is often middle management.

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QAspire

AUGUST 26, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Training Middle Managers On People Management Basics Here is a simple idea: Whenever you have a new manager (project manager/departmental leader) joining in your organization, put him/her through a simple training program on how to manage people. Train existing managers as well. The premise: Most project managers/team leaders get work done through team.

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Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Back in June I wrote about some Wharton research suggesting that middle managers, far from being the butt of ridicule popular culture suggests, are in fact the key to success in the modern organisation. New research from Dublin City University adds weight to that argument, suggesting that they are key to delivery of change management projects.

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 8, 2011

According to Thomas Colligan, vice dean of Wharton's Executive Education: "Many companies are seeing significant turnover in middle management ranks, and with significant turnover, they don't have the ability to execute strategy. Top management can spend all their time creating strategy, but without someone there to implement it, where are you at the end of the day?". If middle managers are so valuable, why would they report dissatisfaction and leave their companies?

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Surviving Leadership

MARCH 13, 2018

But what about middle and upper leadership? How many of us have witnessed inappropriate behavior at the middle to upper management level – whether it be unprofessionalism or outright bullying and harassment – only to hear it excused as “leadership ambition”? culture General Rant about Leading accountability customer service employees HR Blogs human resources leadership management

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Management Craft

AUGUST 19, 2010

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Chartered Management Institute

JUNE 3, 2011

Management has come in for a tough time lately. A Monster.com survey ranked British managers as the worst in the world, whilst Ratan Tata suggested managers at Jaguar Land Rover lacked a suitable work ethic when he first took over the firm. You are not watching this post, click to start watching

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

There is no shortage of advice for how to navigate power dynamics within organizations — from managing toxic or exceptionally gifted subordinates to dealing with unpredictable and narcissistic bosses. Despite our fascination with the extreme ends of the power distribution, the reality is that most employees possess a middling amount of power and must repeatedly alternate between interacting with higher and lower power colleagues. Don’t micromanage your middle managers.

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leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

5 Ways to Save Your Middle Managers From Burnout By Peter Walsh, Fast Company “If you want a recipe for disaster, just follow in the footsteps of many businesses today: As organizations are getting flatter and pushing responsibility down the ladder onto middle managers…”. When it comes to managing millennials, it helps if you’re a millennial. And for Judy Olian, the dean of UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management for the past eight years. …”.

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Chartered Management Institute

JUNE 13, 2011

The subject of change is a frequent one in the management press. Books, journal articles and blogs give copious exposure to the topic of how companies can react to the changing world. You are not watching this post, click to start watching

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Rajesh Setty

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

About Portfolio Resources eBuzz Blog Home Blog Main Page Book recommendations for Middle Managers… RSS Feed Book recommendations for Middle Managers… By Rajesh Setty on Sat 08 Nov 2008, 11:51 PM - View Comments Jurgen Appelo has a neat little book recommendation project going. The recommended books are targeted at middle managers or people who are aspiring to be one. HELLO THERE AND WELCOME. You are a new visitor to this blog.

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Management Craft

JUNE 1, 2010

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Harvard Business

MAY 6, 2016

“You mean like middle managers?” But at some point in my reporting, as I learned more and more about the qualities shared by effective middlemen from all industries, it dawned on me that middle managers — indeed, managers and professionals at every level — obviously are middlemen. Across a wide range of situations, the middleman’s power comes from the unique ability of the person in the middle to keep one or both sides accountable.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

He’s also a writer, coach and consultant on management and leadership. It’s clear early in the book Wally has lived middle and front-line management. Resources Book Review Books middle management Wally BockLead Change Group has always been about instigating a personal, individual leadership revolution. Anyone can lead and we believe the world is a better place when people lead from who they are rather than from performance or positional authority.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Importance of Leadership Development in “The Individual Age” Events Leadership Development Workplace Issues From Bud To Boss Growth leader Leadership management middle management Resources synergy TulsaPosted in Events Leadership Development Workplace Issues As the twentieth century came to a close, the industrial age ended as well.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 15, 2015

A new book, "Become a 21st Century Executive: Breaking Away from the Pack" by Nigel Dessau, is easy-to-read and provides practical advice on how to avoid being a stuck-in-the-middle manager, and how to start behaving and becoming a 21st century executive. Middle managers are arguably the lifeblood of any organization, and the butt of many jokes," says Dessau.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 1, 2013

Leadership Learning Quotations Advertising company of giants David Ogilvy hiring marketing middle managerDavid Ogilvy is perhaps the most famous advertising executive of all time. His book, Ogilvy on Advertising, is a classic, and many of his ads have been often copied. Today’s quotation from him tells us his genius went far beyond writing an advertisement (and perhaps gives a big clue as to why he was so [.].

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

A mid-level manager in this 5,000-employee hospital, she is leading a 70-member group on patient flow as part of a larger organizational effort. Her ability to lead and inspire — to become a change leader from her position as a mid-level manager — is helping her team produce results. A hallmark of the successful 32% was the involvement of mid-level managers two or more levels below the CEO. Paul Taylor was managing a UK-based factory for LF Beauty UK Ltd.,

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leaderCommunicator

JULY 16, 2012

Information overload is a paralyzing problem, especially for middle managers. Not only are managers often squeezed between a rock and a hard place, they also are stuck between their inboxes and outboxes. Across industries, managers struggle to prioritize and move projects forward. They are frozen, and email is a major contributor to the overload these middle managers feel.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 30, 2014

We’re All Stuck In The Middle of Something. I must help, and will do everything in my power to help you, them, and the guys in the middle. The best good I can do is right here, stuck in the middle– with you. Authenticity & Transparency Career & Learning Communication Energy & Engagement fear and intimidation feedback leaders leadership leadership development middle management transparency Trust

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Middle managers have not fared well. Much has been written about their adoption of a self-management system— holacracy —with no job titles and zero managers. While I applaud their effort to break down unnecessary walls, getting rid of managers is not the answer. Middle managers are increasingly vital to an organization’s success, though for different reasons than in the past. Those in the middle managed the inputs and outputs.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

This post first appeared as a guest post in SmartBlog on Leadership : Most of us know what it means to “go over your manager’s head.” So, you decide to march up one rung in the management hierarchy and take up it up with your boss’s boss. No manager likes it when you go over their head, and they’ll probably hold a grudge for it. While the perils of “going over someone’s head” is a well-known concept, what about the perils of “going under a manager’s head”?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

But Nincompoopery is something different: it’s the corporate stupidity that drives customers crazy, and keeps everyone—customers, employees, managers and business owners—from getting what they want. Yet most of the time nobody—not employees, managers, or senior leaders—seems capable of overcoming tradition, inertia, and apathy to make simple changes that would save money and improve customer experience (and, ultimately, increase revenues and profits). Focus on the Customer.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Just the mention of “middle managers” is enough to make people’s eyes roll back. And of all the individuals, the choice of who is middle manager on vital projects goes the furthest in explaining why some firms do better than others. For comparison, everything else that’s part of the firm, whether it’s senior managers or strategy or marketing, accounts for just 21.3% Why do project managers have such a large impact?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Just the mention of "middle managers" is enough to make people''s eyes roll back. And of all the individuals, the choice of who is middle manager on vital projects goes the furthest in explaining why some firms do better than others. In a gaming-company context, middle managers have the job title of "producer" (primarily because it is thought to be a cooler-sounding title than "project manager"), and they supervise designers, who are the sources of creative ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

Over the past 20 years, no group has endured greater pain and humiliation within organizations than mid-level managers (MLMs — managers from two levels below the CEO down to the line managers). Leadership development Leadership transitions Managing people Before the IT revolution, MLMs wielded genuine power within companies, acting as gatekeepers of crucial data, financials, and intelligence.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

One of the top reasons leaders fail to implement their vision is because they don’t manage the “mid-space.”. The biggest failure in implementing vision successfully is in not effectively managing the airspace between the 3000 ft view from the hot air balloon and the on-the-ground view of day-to-day activity. The Critical Role of Middle Management. Leaders at all levels need to take responsibility to manage the “mid-space.”

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Management Excellence

MARCH 28, 2011

Career Leadership Leadership Caffeine Leadership Skills Leading Change Management Education Middle Management Organizational Transformation Performance Product Management Project Management Talent Management Your Professional Development "To Do" List career development Informal Leader Management InnovationWant to know where to find your best and brightest emerging leaders?

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Management Excellence

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Career Customer Service Leadership Management Education Middle Management Performance Social Commentary Surviving Lousy Leaders Talent Management voice of the customer Leaders and Customer Service Marketing Sales Shopping on Main Street The Price of a SmileI enjoy observing how the help in stores engage with their customers. What you see and hear speaks volumes about the leaders they work for. Want to know how people feel about their jobs and their bosses?

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Management Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Career Leadership Leadership Caffeine Leadership Skills Management Education Marketing Yourself Middle Management Performance Professional Growth Your Professional Development "To Do" List Growing Your Influence Influence powerWhile your own level of influence might not be something that crosses your mind on a daily basis, your relative level of influence in your organization is at least one reasonable proxy for measuring your effectiveness as a leader.

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Management Excellence

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Here are five ideas for appropriately responding to positive praise: Career Leadership Leadership Caffeine Management Education Middle Management Performance Talent Management Your Professional Development "To Do" List Leader Performance positive feedback Responding to PraiseIt’s easy to start believing the praise you hear in the hallways about your leadership approach. Easy and dangerous.

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Management Excellence

JUNE 23, 2011

Current Affairs Innovation Leadership Management Education Middle Management Organizational Transformation Performance Talent Management Beyond the Job Requirements Hiring the Best Job Specifications recruiting Talent ScoutingAside from a few obvious technical and vocational roles, there are very few positions in most organizations that absolutely “Must Have” someone who has held the identical role in the same industry with the same job.

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Management Excellence

APRIL 25, 2011

Here are 5 ideas for curing Context Deficit Disorder: Innovation Leadership Leadership Caffeine Management Education Middle Management Organizational Transformation Performance Quality Systems Management Strategy Surviving Lousy Leaders Talent Management execution Motivation

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