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- Ignore at Your Peril the Plight of Your Company's Middle Managers
- According to a Accenture survey of 1,025 people, fewer than half (48 percent) of middle managers in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Australia are extremely or very satisfied with their current organizations. Furthermore, surprisingly large percentages of survey participants had negative opinions about various aspects of...
- White papers 2006-05-08
- Middle Managers: Stop Fighting the Alligators
- What stops middle managers from progressing? "When you are fighting off the alligators, it's hard to remember you're trying to drain the swamp," says Richard Jolly, adjunct associate professor for organisational behaviour at London Business School. Middle managers haven't fully grasped the challenge of what...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- B-School Buzz: Haas Bails Out Alumni, LBS Podcast Targets Middle Managers, Smith Prof's "Road Rules"
- Stacy Blackman's Weekly Roundup of B-School Intelligence Berkeley's Haas School of Business has expanded its career services offerings for alumni in response to the economic downturn, adding evening career advising, job search teams for alumni out of work, and new programs for alumni in New York, which...
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Crossing the Middle Management Abyss
- I read "10 Reasons Why You - Managing in the Middle - Are More Valuable Than Your Company’s CEO" with interest. I was fascinated that 202 of you bought such patronizing, delusional crap. If middle managers were more valuable than executives, they would be compensated accordingly. And they're not. by...
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- Why You Should Take a Promotion You Don't Want
- Not everyone has to be ambitious, vying for the corner office or the powerful board position, right? Wrong. In today's corporate world it is no longer acceptable to sit comfortably at middle management and wait for pensionable age. I recently interviewed a ...
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- Econ Crisis Making Middle Managers Miserable
- The economic crisis is hell for some middle managers. Why? They fear for their jobs, have to lay off colleagues, and their career progression is suddenly on hold. What's to love? by Sean Silverthorne
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
Additional Resources
- Clarkston Consulting Expands Its European Practice -- Names Christoph Seidler as Managing Director, Europe and Middle East
- Clarkston Consulting, a leading management and technology consulting company, announced the expansion of its European practice, opening an office in Frankfurt, Germany. Christoph Seidler has been selected to head the firm's European and Middle East operations as Managing Director, based in the Frankfurt office. Throughout his 20 year...
- Research articles 2008-02-14
- The Global Hotspots for Top Management Pay
- Where in the world do managers have the most money? Emerging markets are the place to go for top starting salaries and low costs of living, says Hay Group's Global Pay Report 2008. Talent management is becoming a truly global market, with emerging...
- Blog posts 2008-09-12
- Control Your Career -- Be Your Own Headhunter
- Â Sitting across the table from successful business leaders, I'm often struck by the number of highly talented people who rely on external influences to build their careers. Many successful people seem to have achieved their breakthrough moments through a chance meeting or being...
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- Baker Botts Adds Real Estate, Asset Management Expertise in Dubai.
- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - New Lawyer Played Key Role in Establishing REIT Structure in Middle East John Hermann, who has built an extensive legal career counseling clients on real estate, finance and asset management matters...
- Research articles 2008-03-04
- Former CEO Takes On Current Management at Oil-Driller Rowan
- "Nothing personal; just business, " C.R. Palmer, the former chairman and CEO of contract oil-driller Rowan Companies, Inc. writes about his successor, Daniel McNease. Nevertheless, he added, the message should be clear: "You're fired!" Palmer is waging an ugly fight to unseat current management at the company,...
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- Texas Tech University and Optimance Form Venture to Develop Middle Managers
- Business Editors DALLAS--BUSINESS WIRE--May 22, 2002 Texas Tech University's Rawls College of Business has joined with Workforce Strategies, Inc., an Optimance company, in a venture to develop the program, "Developing Fast Track and Middle Managers: An Organizational Competency." Utilizing the leadership competency modeling and assessment tools of...
- Research articles 2002-05-22
- Workplace Bullying: A Management Primer
- Workplace Bullying: A Management PrimerRE: Workplace Bullying: A Management PrimerThis is a very important article on Bnet because it addresses a very important issue in workplaces today. Not many of us are fortunate enough to have a good workplace without interventions in terms of harassment. Fewer still are lucky not...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- Winning Your Next Promotion
- After Jack Welch retired as the legendary C.E.O. of General Electric, he wrote a book on Winning.Now, one would think he was sharing advice in that book for the benefit of other chief executives; but he states up front that he is more interested in how to make “winners” out...
- Articles 2007-02-15
- Beware the Alligators: What Holds Middle Managers Back
- The Find: If you're a middle manager hoping to accelerate your rise into a senior position, beware a number of common pitfalls, including being too indispensable (also known as "fighting alligators"), warns this podcast. The Source: A London Business School podcast from Richard Jolly, professor of organizational...
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Bridging the Marketing Confidence Gap | BTalk Australia
- (19min 33) Why, when so much time is now spent online, are we not seeing digital media getting its fair share of the total marketing spend? Kent Wertime, Asia Pacific President for OgilvyOne, says it's to do with our understanding and experience of the medium. Phil Dobbie...
- Blog posts 2009-02-22
- Weighing the Pros and Cons of a Career Break
- Career breaks have never been more popular, as overworked employees look for some time away from their same old, same old routine. Most often people have one of two motivations for taking time off: either other priorities demand attention, or there's a need to get away and gain some perspective...
- Articles 2008-01-03
- Variant Perceptions and Betting Against the Consensus
- I told [a summer intern] that ideally he should be able to tell me, in two minutes, four things: 1) the idea; 2) the consensus view; 3) his variant perception; and 4) a trigger event. No mean feat. In those instances where there was no variant perception -- that is,...
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Caterpillar Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, the floor is now open for questions. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question today is coming from Ann Duignan. Please announce your affiliation and then pose your question. Ann Duignan - Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Hi, good morning, it's...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-19
- HANDS-ON MANAGEMENT: TINY TECHNOLOGY HAS LIFTED A HEAVY BURDEN FROM THOSE WHO ONCE LIVED AND DIED BY THEIR FRANKLIN PLANNERS.
- Buying a computer two years ago changed Mitchell Goldstein's life in more ways than one. He not only changed how he manages his career, he changed employers, going from selling technology that began in the Middle Ages to the latest medium, the Int ...
- Research articles 1998-12-07
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