# middle managers
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0:00Are middle managers being set up to fail?Al Elliott: You know that feeling when you meet someone and within about 90 seconds you're just nodding along and thinking, yes, yes, yes, this person gets it. Every single thing they say you agree with. Well, today's guEP 311 · 18 Jun 2026·interview· 0:00–3:303:30A shared passion for the middle manager crisisLeanne Elliott: I know this entire, I mean, we could talk about so many things, but I wanna talk to you about a shared passion area that we have, and that is around managers and specifically middle managers. And what a tEP 311 · 18 Jun 2026·interview· 3:30–7:057:05What's putting managers under so much pressure right now?Leanne Elliott: I mean, that's not new. That's always been the case. But it feels like now middle managers are under an added layer of pressure in terms of geopolitics, the economy, AI Kristien Turner: Yeah Leanne ElliotEP 311 · 18 Jun 2026·interview· 7:05–12:4316:10When middle managers start to give upKristien Turner: Um, you know, middle managers also started to give up, Leanne, when it was The feedback survey, the engagement survey that they've responded to every bloody year, and they've manifested the same concernsEP 311 · 18 Jun 2026·interview· 16:10–24:1034:14The 'Sally' problem, modelled in real timeKristien Turner: Look, don't get, so, so let's, let's really model this as if this was like Sally, and we're gonna like speed up like a coaching program here as if we were delivering this in like 2, 3 minutes. Okay. So fEP 311 · 18 Jun 2026·interview· 34:14–40:4824:03Prediction 4 — Anthony Taylor: Clarity and middle managers are the new superpowerLeanne Elliott: Okay, so prediction number 4 comes from Anthony Taylor, and Anthony's got what he calls a bit of a contrarian view Al Elliott: Anthony's a leadership coach who specialises in helping mid-career professionEP 262 · 30 Dec 2025·other· 24:03–31:06
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