371: McKinsey’s Emily Field — Power to the Middle, Reimagining the Roles of a Mid Level Manager, The Key to the Future of Work
The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving
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The Importance of Middle Managers
Emily Chang: I feel we cannot talk about this topic without bringing up, without discussing the unique perspective middle managers have that senior leaders don't. You have a great story in your book about oil producer who came to realize the importance of middle managers after a large number of its drillists started quiting. Could you please share that story to bring this point to life, how middle managers have this very unique perspective and why they are so important? Yeah, so this is a story of an oil and gas company with a, you know, with what oil rigs, and they were losing talent in mass, and they couldn't figure out why. They actually just had to go ask managers what a
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