The Strategic Middle Manager

STEVEN W. FLOYD is associate professor of strategic management at the University of Connecticut. BILL WOOLDRIDGE is associate professor of strategic management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

A must-read for training professionals, managers, and top executives, Floyd and Wooldridge's work will radically redesign - and drastically improve - your organization's effectiveness.

Part One: The New Middle Management Imperative. 1. Leadership from the Middle: The Changing Demands of Middle Management Work. 2. Competing on Capabilities: The Middle Manager's Role in Leveraging Knowledge and Skills. 3. Realigning Resources and Talent: The Challenge of Organizational Restructuring. Part Two: The New Strategic Roles for Middle Managers. 4. Strategy from the Middle Out. 5. Championing: The Discovery and Proposal of Innovative Initiatives. 6. Synthesizing: Advancing Shared Strategic Understanding. 7. Facilitating: Nurturing Adaptability and Setting the Stage for Renewal. 8. Implementing: Inducing the Vision and Making It Real. Part Three: Unleashing the Power in the Middle. 9. The Challenge of Executive Leadership. 10. Becoming a Strategic Middle Manager. Resources: The Strategic Consensus Questionnaire; A Self-Test of Middle Management Strategic Involvement.