Flat organizations reduce management layers to boost communication, agility and morale, but they may struggle with role ...

The effectiveness of management plays a pivotal role in steering a company toward success. However, in numerous organizations, a recurring challenge emerges at the middle-management level: Leaders ...

Middle managers, with their higher salaries and office perks, have become prime targets for cost reduction. Companies are pivoting toward flatter structures, believing that fewer management layers ...

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 ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Rajat Mishra With AI ...

It is common in any organization to focus on leadership at the top and on performance at the front lines. But what happens to those in the middle? While focusing on leadership at the top is important, ...

Henry Mintzberg’s management theory outlines 10 managerial roles and five organizational structures for businesses to improve ...

Judd Antin spent 10 years at Facebook and Airbnb, where he managed middle managers. He's worried about how middle managers have been losing their jobs to the "Great Flattening." Middle managers can be ...

The conversation needs to shift — I often say the one to watch isn’t necessarily the one to watch — and in this instance, we need to watch the management in the middle. The exclusive focus on the ...

Picture the most successful companies in the world; they have one thing in common — an effective organizational structure. But what exactly does that entail and how can it make or break a business? If ...

What would happen if a company completely got rid of middle managers? This once unthinkable but necessary conversation around doing away with the middle-manager class has been kickstarted by the ...