Demands on middle management intensifies

😰😰😰 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒇𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒋𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔.

📢📢📢 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔?

💡💡💡 An interesting article by the FT on the 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 and the challenges facing so many managers and leaders in organisations.

Middle managers — on the new front line of office life | Financial Times (ft.com)

𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆-𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆:

😮 😮😮 Recent research found that 74% 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒆𝒔, and 54% 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒆𝒔.

⛔⛔⛔ Middle managers can feel 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑’𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕-𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔.

💥💥💥Senior Executives and Leaders are 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒚𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.

🎯🎯🎯Middle Managers are not only responsible for 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔, but are supporting their team's 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍-𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈, keeping the 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 and 𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 '𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'.

😠😠😠 Middle managers have very little input into 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆, often resulting in them 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅.

🚷🚷🚷 Not surprisingly many 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒛𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒆 and this results in 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔.

🎓🎓🎓It's amazing how many 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔. This prompted 24,000 managers at Salesforce to ask for management training - a 200% increase since last year.

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