Middle managers—those who work at the intersection between individual contributors and executives—have a huge impact on your company. More than anyone, great managers drive employee engagement, ...

"Middle management" seems like a humdrum and antiquated term, yet these business roles are often unsung company superheroes with the power to decrease employee burnout, empower and maintain ...

ARE we eliminating the middle manager? No. Middle management isn’t disappearing. Companies are flattening their organization ...

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.

Michelle Busch became chief of staff at TJM & Co. Media Boutique in June 2023. Busch transitioned from running her own PR firm to middle management after the pandemic. She says middle managers are ...

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 ...

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 ...

The career model you typically hear about in the US is to work for a company until age 65 and then retire and enjoy your latter years as best you can. I've worked in tech since the 1990s, and I've ...

While much attention is typically paid to the top of organizations, namely CEOs, having top-performing middle managers is not just “nice to have.” They are a “business imperative” and lead to strong ...

Turns out you can’t motivate people with benefits they’ll never live long enough to receive.

Young workers are turning their backs on being managers, seeing no benefit to climbing the ladder. They would rather earn more at their current level or wait it out and go for senior roles later on.