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- the position held by managers who are considered neither senior nor junior in an organization. Middle managers were subject to delayering and downsizing in the 1980s as organizations sought to...
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- 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
- 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
- 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
Additional Resources
- Bosses Expect Skills Shortage to Worsen
- Australia's shortage of skilled labour will worsen as the economy improves, according to a survey by the Australian Institute of Management AIM.The Victorian and Tasmanian branch of AIM surveyed 2,163 executives over October and November, with most responses from Victoria and Queensland.Seventy-six per cent of the executives said their...
- News items 2009-12-15
- ACE Limited Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Ladies and gentlemen our question and answer session is conducted electronically. [Operator Instructions]. We will go first to Josh Smith with CREF. Josh Smith - TIAA-CREF Hello, can you hear me? Evan G. Greenberg - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-24
- Chief information security officers answer 4 burning questions
- CYBERSECURITY 6 chief information security officers share how they plan to keep government data and computers safe in the face of constantly changing risks, red tape and tight budgets CISOs assess the assessors When the CISO title first started appearing on agency organization charts about seven years ago, the job...
- News items 2009-11-15
- Executing Strategy with the Balanced Scorecard
- Executing Strategy with the Balanced ScorecardRE: Executing Strategy with the Balanced ScorecardI consider adapting business to Balanced Scorecard itself is a strategy and the four quadrants for defining objectives is a sure way to paln and align organization using appropriate business systemRE: Executing Strategy with the Balanced ScorecardQuite often a...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Luring Foreign Talent to China's Wall Street
- Brian Schwarz submits:The financial crisis has some Western experts looking toward Asia for employment opportunities. China's State Council recently declared that Shanghai will be built into a major international financial center by 2020, an indication of government's intention to place greater reliance on the city as it refines its strategy...
- External links 2009-07-26
- Satyam Computers Services Ltd. F2Q08 (Qtr End 9/30/07f) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you sir. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question and answer session. Please note that all participants who have logged into the call are allowed to ask questions and there is no specific priority for participants in India and the ones outside...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-24
- Why Is My Boss Playing Favorites?
- Dear Stanley, There are 12 members on our team, and although my boss seems to be a nice guy, everyone on our team feels that he is favoring one particular colleague. He's always showering him with more than his share of credit and attention. He asks...
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- Collaboration tools worth the investment, survey says
- Computerworld - A recent global survey of business and IT managers found that their companies got back benefits perceived as equal to four times their investment, on average, in unified communication and collaboration technologies. The online survey, done in May, looked at deployments of networking tools including voice over IP...
- News items 2009-10-14
- The Chubb Corporation Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. The question-and-answer session will be conducted electronically. [Operator Instructions]. And we'll take our first question from Jay Gelb [Lehman Brothers]. Jay Gelb - Lehman Brothers Thank you. The fires you are most focused on the California and that one a little fast....
- Earnings calls 2007-10-24
- Microsoft Launches Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010, .Net 4
- Microsoft has announced the availability of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 to Microsoft Developer Network MSDN subscribers.Microsoft has announced the availability of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 to Microsoft Developer Network MSDN subscribers.The software...
- News items 2009-10-19
- 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
- How to Create an Effective Sales Presentation
- Generic speeches and snazzy PowerPoint slides just don't cut it anymore — especially with corporate customers who have reduced spending to boost their bottom lines. Here's how to retool your sales pitches to better address the needs of your customers. Know Their...
- Articles 2009-06-22
- Comcast Counts to 'Xfinity'
- Comcast last week expanded access to its Fancast Xfinity TV authenticated Web-video service to an estimated 14 million subscribers across the U.S. — the cable industry's biggest attempt to date to preserve its pay model amid the dramatic rise of Internet video. But the operator is continuing to characterize the...
- News items 2009-12-20
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