Why Are Middle Managers Breaking Right Now? | Workplace AI| AI for Executives

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The episode discusses the severe stress and burnout faced by middle managers in organizations due to navigating multiple concurrent changes.

Send us Fan Mail FziEvsCS8vFcym3Ohg4x Middle managers are the most burned-out group in organizations right now, and it has nothing to do with weakness. According to Wiley, 47% report severe stress. Gartner found that the average employee is navigating 14 concurrent changes at once. And middle managers are absorbing all of it from both directions. Sahar Andrade, MB.BCh, Forbes Coaches Council member, host of AI Cafe Conversations (Top 2% globally), neuroleadership...

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Host: Sahar Andrade

Topics covered

• middle managers
• workplace stress
• organizational change
• AI in leadership
• employee burnout

Keywords

• middle managers
• burnout
• workplace AI
• organizational change
• employee stress

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Organizations: Forbes Coaches Council, Gartner, Wiley

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