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The very nature of middle management is being in the middle—caught between the direction of company leaders and the needs of employees. There’s often a disconnect between the two.
Growing Demands in a Changing Environment
Managers today are especially feeling the pinch from a combination of growing demands for flexibility and work-life balance from employees, higher expectations from leaders in a competitive global environment, and the impacts of rapidly advancing technologies.
To paraphrase Marshall Goldsmith, “what got them here, won’t get them there.” The problem is many don’t have the current training, development, and knowledge they need to