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The Looming Middle
Management Crisis
Here’s how to keep
your manager
candidate pipeline
full and thriving.
by
Michelle M. Smith,
CPIM, CRP
M
iscast and disengaged
employees are a problem
wherever they’re found in an
organization, but when middle
managers join those ranks it’s
especially troubling because of their
broad sphere of influence on so many
other employees.
The Gallup Organization warns
us just such a problem is brewing
within our management ranks—
their research found that 82
percent of managers are “miscast
in their roles” and 25 percent are
“dangerously lousy.”
So what can we do to better
identify, support and retain managers
so they will be successful in the role?
The Plague Of
Responsibility
Without Authority
No matter how talented and
engaged managers may be when
they enter their role, one of most
destructive factors causing frustration
and derailing their success is being
given responsibility without also
being given full authority. Authority is
the ability to make decisions without
asking someone else’s permission.
Really good managers won’t stay if
you won’t let them lead.
How To Unleash
Your Managers
Tim Stevens
,
author of
Fairness