What prevents middle managers from getting to the top?
Richard Jolly, Adjunct Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, discusses the obstacles facing middle managers who want to progress
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In a new podcast Richard Jolly, Adjunct Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, discusses the obstacles that middle managers need to overcome to reach senior management.
Professor Jolly begins the podcast by explaining his observation that middle managers are often too good at their jobs to progress to senior management. By making themselves indispensable through hard work and expertise middle managers end up last in the line for promotion.
He goes on to discuss the importance of knowing your priorities and managing your time accordingly, as well as the need for both coaching and mentoring to help middle managers realise their strengths.
The final obstacle for the middle manager, Professor Jolly explains, is to learn to delegate. Once middle managers prove themselves to have effective and strategic management skills, in addition to their technical expertise, the path to senior management will become clear.
Listen to this podcast to hear more of Richard Jolly's advice on management development