Why Middle Managers Have a Target on Their Backs
This week, Korn Ferry looks at why many organizations have it out for their middle managers. Plus, why companies might make you pay them before you quit.
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The Breaking Point for Middle Managers
Already tasked with enforcing new office and productivity edicts, a growing number are now getting laid off, docked pay, or demoted. Why is there a target on their backs?
5 Ways to Juggle Caregiving and Working
Surveys show a growing number of workers now have at least some caretaking duties.
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A New 'Penalty' for Quitting
Companies are quietly expanding “clawback†provisions to a wider group of employees and extending the time workers must give notice. What’s driving this?
Other Must-Reads from Korn Ferry
- Taking a Stance, Facing a Backlash - A new survey shows stress levels for legal- and government affairs executives are up sharply, as firms try to straddle the fence on many public issues.
- The ‘Green Skill’ All Employers Will Need - Best-selling author Daniel Goleman explains why firms will need employees to both think and work with sustainability in mind.
- Gaining a New Right (to Repair) - The right-to-repair movement scored a major victory recently in the farming industry. Will smartphones and electronics be next?
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Senior Sales Executive & Principal @ Turley Mediation Group | Workplace Conflict Resolution
1 å¹´For many years, the value of the sales manager position is a topic of discussion. Experienced sales executives can go straight to the top of their organization to develop their sales proposals, pricing and the value added elements of the deal. Sales managers can serve as mentors for salespeople in the middle or at the bottom of the sales team in terms of sales production;however, senior sales executives can also fill this role. Productive salespeople do not require as much management. In fact, the removal of obstacles standing in the way of their success is their greatest need. A traditional sales structure calls for a sales manager slot;however, things are changing as evidenced in this article.
Director of Development - SCCS | Growth Strategist - Growth In Action
2 å¹´Great article! Middle managers stuck in the messy middle! Not only are they often tasked with unfair requests and blamed for things that aren't their fault, many are not given tools or coaching in how to lead in their specific role.
Decades of helping people, teams, and leaders grow and develop | Learning and Leadership Development
2 å¹´This article is both on point and misses a lot. We put the onus on middle managers to accomplish a lot of requirements. I often hear "we need to assign this/require this of managers". Meanwhile nobody stops to think "how much are we putting on managers without actually helping or coaching them?"
General Manager at Abbott EPD México
2 年Nuestro trabajo no ha terminado hasta que no seamos capaces de ayudar a los demás a cumplir sus objetivos.