Ask Amanda: The Middle Manager Survival Guide

In this solo episode, host Amanda Goetz answers a question from a reader that deserved a full episode of its own: "As a middle manager, I'm struggling to find the balance between managing up to my director while also managing a team that reports to me. Help." 

Drawing on her experience as a two-time founder, five-time CMO, and author, Amanda breaks down one of the most underrated (and hardest) jobs in the workforce, with real, tactical advice on managing up without people-pleasing, managing down without burning out, and proving your value at a time when middle management roles are shrinking.

Hit play if you're ready to make your impact impossible to ignore!

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro

02:25 What a middle manager actually is

04:20 Why middle managers feel so much pressure right now

05:45 The most misunderstood things about middle management

07:45 Why middle management is the hardest leadership level

10:00 Three habits of the middle managers Amanda can't afford to lose

13:55 The "great flattening" of org charts