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265: The True Value of Middle Managers with Emily Field
265: The True Value of Middle Managers with Emily Field
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Jul 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Do you ever feel stuck in the middle? Middle managers have a unique opportunity to understand the high-level objectives of an organization and touch the day-to-day activities that accomplish those goals. However, middle managers can often feel pulled in two different directions, answering to their superiors and the employees below them. How can middle managers effectively balance their time and attention to be their best selves at work?
Today's guest is Emily Field. Emily helps organizations establish a talent-first approach, instilling a high-performance culture, and adopting effective people-analytics approaches. Her new book Power to the Middle focuses on how organizations can empower their middle managers who are uniquely positioned close to the daily work AND overall business strategy.
Emily and I talk about the important role that middle managers play, what it is they are uniquely suited to do, and how they can start to shift their role to do more of what’s essential and less of what isn’t!
Five members of the Modern Manager community can get a copy of Emily’s book, Power to the Middle: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work. Get it when you join the Modern Manager community.
Get FREE mini-sketchnotes with the big idea from the week’s episode delivered to your inbox when you subscribe to my weekly email.
Read the related blog article: How to Tap the Hidden Value of Middle Managers
KEEP UP WITH EMILY
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilykfield/
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Middle-Managers-Hold-Future/dp/1647824850/
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:56 Why middle managers are the secret ingredient in organizations
03:24 What aspects of the managerial role make it essential?
07:58 A manager’s unique ability to reallocate work
10:31 A manager’s unique ability to connect people with roles (supermarket story)
13:00 How can managers advocate for appropriate compensation and professional development dollars?
24:46 Tools a
Today's guest is Emily Field. Emily helps organizations establish a talent-first approach, instilling a high-performance culture, and adopting effective people-analytics approaches. Her new book Power to the Middle focuses on how organizations can empower their middle managers who are uniquely positioned close to the daily work AND overall business strategy.
Emily and I talk about the important role that middle managers play, what it is they are uniquely suited to do, and how they can start to shift their role to do more of what’s essential and less of what isn’t!
Five members of the Modern Manager community can get a copy of Emily’s book, Power to the Middle: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work. Get it when you join the Modern Manager community.
Get FREE mini-sketchnotes with the big idea from the week’s episode delivered to your inbox when you subscribe to my weekly email.
Read the related blog article: How to Tap the Hidden Value of Middle Managers
KEEP UP WITH EMILY
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilykfield/
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Middle-Managers-Hold-Future/dp/1647824850/
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:56 Why middle managers are the secret ingredient in organizations
03:24 What aspects of the managerial role make it essential?
07:58 A manager’s unique ability to reallocate work
10:31 A manager’s unique ability to connect people with roles (supermarket story)
13:00 How can managers advocate for appropriate compensation and professional development dollars?
24:46 Tools a
Released:
Jul 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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200: Mamie’s Favorite Takeaways from 200 Episodes: Today I’m celebrating 200 episodes. This feels like a major accomplishment. When I launched the show in May 2018, just getting to 10 episodes felt a little overwhelming. Now, looking back, I’m so proud of what I was able to do and how many managers like yourself I’ve been able to help. It’s because of you that I create this show week after week. For this special 200th episode, I looked back over the guest episodes and thought about what ideas really stood out for me. While every episode has golden nuggets, I chose 5 key takeaways that have impacted or stayed with me in some way. I hope you find these ideas useful, but more importantly, I hope you’ll scroll back into the feed and check out older episodes even if you have already listened to them. There are some truly great conversations and solo episodes in the archive. And listening to a show for a second time helps us hear new things because we’ve grown and evolved since we first list by The Modern Manager