I spent some time as a middle manager, talked way too much with friends in similar situations at …
I spent some time as a middle manager, talked way too much with friends in similar situations at other places and I learned the following: * It is very easy to be both very busy and do nothing useful at all. Just accept and schedule a bunch of meetings. * Your potential of improving things depends mostly on the C-level suite. Trying to get buy-in from other levels of management is a waste of time. * Middle managers are quite often recreating other orgs they aspire to without any thought if their prescriptions are suitable for their orgs. * The C-level are actually behaving more like individual contributors than managers. The CEO is typically working mostly on closing deals and attracting investors. * Lower level managers are often created from senior or valuable employees because a title change is the only way of rewarding them and using their experience * Some of the best managers are HR professionals, but they are completely sidelined. HR is working to protect the companies which for good and evil can clash with your goals. …
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