Reinventing the Manager Role for the Future of Work

In the rapidly evolving landscape of modern business, a quiet crisis is brewing. It centers on a figure that has been a staple of corporate structure for over a century: the middle manager. If you look at the numbers, the story seems contradictory. On one hand, companies with strong management report financial performance that is up to 15% higher than their competitors. Evidence overwhelmingly suggests that managers influence an organization’s success perhaps more than any other single group.