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Middle managers role in managing up, down and sideways can be crucial to deal success. Middle managers are the Rodney Dangerfield of business. They get no respect. Despite the critical role middle ...

Middle managers used to command lots of respect. They were considered an indispensable part of a company – the problem-solvers, the peacemakers, the glue that kept teams together. But in recent years, ...

Corporate America is quietly rewriting the org chart, and the first casualties are the people who used to sit between executives and front-line staff. As layoffs accelerate across sectors, companies ...

Leaders who looking to accelerate growth and implement sustainable change may find the answer sitting right in front of them. Now more than ever, CHROs and other executives are losing sleep over the ...

I've watched with dismay as tech industry executives have turned against middle managers, and more of them are losing their jobs. I began managing small teams in 2013, after almost three years as an ...

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 ...

Over the past two years, American businesses have been engaged in a rapid-fire restructuring of their corporate hierarchies. In the name of "flattening," they've been waging war on middle managers — ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Middle managers serve as conduits between upper and frontline management. Like translators at the borders of two or more cultures and ...

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 ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. How middle managers drive company success Challenges of middle managers How to support your middle managers and set them up for success ...