Show Your Thanks for Managers Now, or They May Be Gone in 2025

Is a "manager crash" coming?

“Managing is easy, except for the people part!” —Geoff Smart

There may be no one in the modern organization more overlooked than the middle manager.

They usually don’t get much love from the top of the organization. Few companies offer middle managers robust support, training, and tools. Without that backing, the middle manager doesn’t get kudos from their team either. They’re still “one of them.” A figure to be tolerated, or maybe griped about at happy hour.

The middle manager finds themselves caught in the middle.

Some predict a storm coming. As HR executive Shana Storey wrote recently in Fast Company:

Recent data shows a staggering 75% of middle managers report being overwhelmed by their workload, while 40% of newly promoted managers are already considering leaving their positions. More than half admit they’re too swamped to give their direct reports adequate attention. Most alarming: Only a small fraction receives proper development upon promotion, with even fewer receiving ongoing de…