Mid-level managers are vital, often overlooked linchpins, translating strategy into daily action, shaping organizational culture, and providing critical insights. Despite their pivotal role in ...

Strategy remains theoretical until a manager operationalizes it. The Strategy Institute underscores that middle managers are ...

Middle managers play a key role in driving equity and inclusion, including setting clear equity and inclusion goals, prioritizing education and championing inclusive practices. To foster a workplace ...

What comes to mind when you think of the term “middle manager?” Is it someone who has little power, spends a lot of time micro-managing people and whose career is in a rut? We wouldn’t blame you for ...

Half of middle managers say decision-making is taken out of their hands, according to Insigniam’s 2014 Middle Management Survey. The lack of decisionmaking was cited as one of the top frustrations ...

Middle managers are at the forefront of a profound organizational transformation. Once considered a cornerstone of organizational hierarchies, roles like team leaders, project managers, and sales ...

The DOJ expects compliance to be operationalized down to the middle management level. Further experience has shown that employees prefer to speak to their direct supervisors about issues or potential ...

The conversation around the scarcity of women in leadership positions often focuses on the C-suite, but companies shouldn’t overlook the payoffs of pursing more gender diversity in middle management.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ami Vora, a 31-year-old former Big Tech employee. The source's full employment history is known to Business Insider but is not named to protect ...

Data from Gusto, a San Francisco-based payroll software services company, show that in 2019, mid-level managers used to have an average of three direct reports. As of the end of 2024, that figure had ...