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There's a great scene in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy saga; I think it was in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. The lead characters find themselves on a spaceship full ...

I spent nearly all of my 30-year tech career in middle management. I managed teams that built and delivered web and mobile business applications. I intentionally stayed in the middle management ...

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AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AI is transforming the way businesses operate, but successful adoption isn’t just about technology – it’s about people. Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint’s ...

I spent several years of my career in the uncomfortable role of middle manager. On one side, I had executives asking me why my team couldn’t “do more,” and on the other side, my employees told me they ...

Jamba Juice's former CEO, James D. White, said he's all for middle management. He said this layer drives good company culture, which is important for bottom-line growth. But the trend in corporate ...

Companies are axing middle management positions, but this may be short-sighted, an expert said. Middle managers provide support to junior employees, according to the head of a training platform. A ...

"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 ...

What comes to mind when you think of the term “middle manager?” Is it someone who has little power, spends a lot of time micro-managing people and whose career is in a rut? We wouldn’t blame you for ...

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 ...

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.