{"id":1560,"date":"2015-08-25T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2015-08-25T07:00:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T11:00:38","slug":"5-ways-to-save-your-middle-managers-from-burnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-save-your-middle-managers-from-burnout\/2015\/08\/25\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways To Save Your Middle Managers From Burnout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Stepping into a management role requires shifts in perspective and responsibility,&#8221; says Peter Walsh <em>Senior Director of Global Marketing at Harvard Business Publishing<\/em>. In this Fast Company article, Peter goes on to share how we can help middle managers become the best leaders possible, without burning out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you want a recipe for disaster, just follow in the footsteps of many businesses today: As organizations are getting flatter and pushing responsibility down the ladder onto middle managers, those middle managers are not receiving the leadership development training they need to handle these responsibilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3028674\/leadership-now\/5-ways-to-save-your-middle-managers-from-burnout\">Read the article&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Stepping into a management role requires shifts in perspective and responsibility,&#8221; says Peter Walsh Senior Director of Global Marketing at Harvard Business Publishing. 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