A Pragmatic Introduction to Middle Manager Fundamentals: Part 1 - Role and Function

Managing remote line managers poses the biggest challenge for middle managers, as they seldom observe them "on the job" and may receive a distorted view of their performance. Without daily interaction, overseeing their work becomes tough. To succeed, middle managers must adopt a clear strategy, learn new skills, and enforce standard policies. This guide offers a strategy for effective distance management, helping middle managers enhance remote business unit management.

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About the Author: Anthony Dance
Anthony Dance is Founder and Managing Director of the Middle Manager Academy, a training and development organisation that specialises in the induction, training and development of middle managers.

Anthony passionately believes that the ambiguity of the middle manager role that exists within industry today, is causing considerable financial and human resources damage within organisations. Because of this, Anthony supports executives in recruiting the right people into the position, and ensures they receive the fundamental training required for them to be effective within the role.

Anthony is also passionate about 'succession planning' for middle management, as he believes that many existing middle managers have 'passed their sell by dates' and need to step aside and allow fresher, more motivated/enthusiastic people to take on the role.

Anthony has worked at all management levels; he managed at middle manager level for 7 years, managed a team of middle managers for 3 years, and defended middle managers at Board level for two years, (an experience he would, quite frankly, prefer to forget!).

Established in 1992, The Middle Manager Academy (formerly The Manager Performance Group) has worked with many premier UK organisations, and Anthony has personally been involved in the training and development of over 500 middle managers. Anthony is seen as a 'wise and trusted advisor' (mentor) by many middle managers who have attended his workshops and programmes.
 
Managing and leading a remote team of line managers is the most challenging aspect of the middle manager role. It is quite normal for middle managers to see line managers infrequently and when they do, middle managers very rarely see their line managers ‘on the job’. On the occasions when middle managers attend a line manager's work unit, they can often be presented with a fictitious picture of how the line manager performs or behaves and how the business unit is truly performing. Not having day-to-day physical contact as a line manager would normally have with their employees, makes monitoring and managing line manager performance extremely difficult for any distance manager.

To be effective in distance management and be able to overcome the many unique challenges distance managers experience, middle managers need to work to a clear strategy, learn and use a new set of skills and implement policies and procedures that all line managers must adhere to.

Putting into practice the strategy outlined in this short-book will help middle managers be more effective in managing business units at a distance.

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