Stop Managing Up. Lead from the Middle.

Leadership & Organisational Development
Written By Shiao-Yin Kuik

Organisations are firing their middle managers and calling it efficiency.

Middle managers are carrying out orders they don't believe in and calling it professionalism.

Both are wrong — and this dismissive perspective of the work of Middle Management is costing everyone far more than they realise.

In this episode, Shiao-Yin Kuik makes a case for what great leadership in the middle actually looks like, and shares a strategic framework for Middles wanting to change things in their organisation.

Shiao-Yin Kuik

Executive Director of Common Ground specialising in culture change, leadership development, and social impact strategy for mission-driven organisations. Her work helps leaders bridge the gap between what they value and how they actually work.

Currently in Year 7 of a 9-year government-commissioned civic engagement project, her consulting draws on two decades building, closing, and rebuilding organisations with integrity.

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