Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization
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- Create Date：2021-07-31 06:51:53
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Scott Mautz
- ISBN：1119717914
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Summary
The definitive playbook for driving impact as a middle manager
Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up， Down， and Across the Organization delivers an insightful and practical guide for the backbone of an organization: those who have a boss and are a boss and must lead from the messy middle。 Accomplished author and former P&G executive Scott Mautz walks readers through the unique challenges facing these managers， and the mindset and skillset necessary for managing up and down and influencing what happens across the organization。
You'll learn the winning mindset of the best middle managers， how to develop the most important skills necessary for managing from the middle， how to create your personal Middle Action Plan （MAP）， and effectively influence:
Up the chain of command， to your boss and those above them Down， to your direct reports and teams who report to you Laterally， to peers and teams you have no formal authority over Anyone in an organization who reports to someone and has someone reporting to them must lead from the middle。 They are the most important group in an organization and have a unique opportunity to drive impact。 Leading from the Middle explains how。
Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up， Down， and Across the Organization delivers an insightful and practical guide for the backbone of an organization: those who have a boss and are a boss and must lead from the messy middle。 Accomplished author and former P&G executive Scott Mautz walks readers through the unique challenges facing these managers， and the mindset and skillset necessary for managing up and down and influencing what happens across the organization。
You'll learn the winning mindset of the best middle managers， how to develop the most important skills necessary for managing from the middle， how to create your personal Middle Action Plan （MAP）， and effectively influence:
Up the chain of command， to your boss and those above them Down， to your direct reports and teams who report to you Laterally， to peers and teams you have no formal authority over Anyone in an organization who reports to someone and has someone reporting to them must lead from the middle。 They are the most important group in an organization and have a unique opportunity to drive impact。 Leading from the Middle explains how。
Reviews
Jeffrey Owens
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Scott Mautz offers a fantastic playbook for middle management， which is a position that is so commonly both misunderstood and under appreciated。 Again and again Mautz writes to an audience who are leading “up， down， and across” organizations， which so many people do， but whose roles and contributions to the success of an organization are so commonly overlooked。 Mautz reveals how middle management are the real work horses of an organization， who have to constantly be leading everyone around them， Scott Mautz offers a fantastic playbook for middle management， which is a position that is so commonly both misunderstood and under appreciated。 Again and again Mautz writes to an audience who are leading “up， down， and across” organizations， which so many people do， but whose roles and contributions to the success of an organization are so commonly overlooked。 Mautz reveals how middle management are the real work horses of an organization， who have to constantly be leading everyone around them， even including their boss。 Backed up by research and experience， Mautz affirms that it “takes multiple volts of positivity from a leader to overcome one volt of negativity。” Mautz details how to lead from an “others-oriented” mentality。 That middle management has to put others first by constantly giving praise， encouragement， respect and empowerment to all those around them to make the organization more successful， while first and foremost surrendering their own “self interest as a first priority。” Through experience and research， Mautz makes a clear distinction between leading to assist success vs leading to avoid failure。 This rang true to me as I’ve personally found myself doing both in various roles， and Mautz described exactly what I’ve seen and experienced。 Mautz states that when you’re leading for success you’re living the organization’s values and exuding “unswerving support and empowerment” to those around you。 But when you’re leading to avoid failure “you’re indecisive， you micromanage…you’re unwilling to take risks…you spend too much time crafting careful explanations up the chain and ask for too little support down the chain”。 The great thing is that if you find yourself managing to avoid failure， all you have to do is focus on his “one sentence” description of leading to assist success “to change the coarse。” I would recommend Mautz’s book to all my fellow middle managers out there， who on the daily lead up， down and across organizations。 。。。more
Jack
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