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Companies are hemorrhaging their organizational glue. The data shows this isn't burnout—it's systemic collapse of a critically misdesigned role. Sarah Chen had been a middle manager at a Fortune 500 ...

Middle managers used to command lots of respect. They were considered an indispensable part of a company – the problem-solvers, the peacemakers, the glue that kept teams together. But in recent years, ...

About 18 months ago, my team and I decided to survey more than 1,000 middle managers and found that many hate their jobs. No wonder, no one wants to be a middle manager anymore. These leaders are ...

Middle managers have a vital job in the workplace. Some companies have scaled back on middle management. Workplace experts shared why middle managers can be essential to a business's success. US ...

Middle manager under strain as leadership requests various things from him. Middle managers are often overlooked, overworked, and underappreciated. Yet they may be the most influential leaders in ...

Alvaro Munevar Jr. leveraged middle management jobs to help him retire early from his tech career. Now, Big Tech companies are culling middle managers, a reduction that Munevar Jr. said makes sense.

There has been no shortage of questions and predictions about the end of middle management—from the pages of HBR in 2011 to the BBC four years later. Despite this, the proportion of middle managers ...

Middle managers might have a poor reputation but without them visionaries wouldn’t be free to focus on a company’s aims. Bureaucracy isn’t always a negative thing – and efficiency isn’t always polite.

While Gen Z, which consists of those aged 12 to 27, might be approaching the time in their careers when they enter management positions, it turns out a majority of the younger generation are opting ...