We need more managers
summary
Argues that management is a learnable skill essential for healthy organisations, not overhead: cites Spotify’s 1,500 layoffs that degraded operations, a surveyed nine-year average delay before managers get training, and that a good manager accounts for 70% variance in engagement. Recommends concrete practices like a decision log and assigning an anchor person for action follow-ups, growing managers through training, mentoring and time so they can be kind and hold hard conversations.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 1:54Why we need managers now
- 10:02Problems with current management trends
- 17:02Manager of the future responsibilities
- 23:21Skills managers must learn
- 26:10Why slowing down speeds up success
- 27:35Call to action for better management
- 30:43Q&A session
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