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What the research says about change in the middle
Twelve questions leaders ask about the managers who carry change, each answered on one page from the 117 studies in the Atlas of the Middle, with how strong the evidence is.
- Why do middle managers resist change?
- Why doesn't bad news reach senior leaders?
- Should change be top-down or bottom-up?
- What do middle managers actually do during change?
- How does change affect middle managers themselves?
- How long should a change settle before the next one?
- Should you cut layers of middle management?
- Do middle managers affect performance?
- How can middle managers get ideas heard by senior leaders?
- Does trust in leaders matter during change?
- Why do changes stall after launch?
- How can leaders tell a change is stuck before the numbers show it?
