Mind-Sets of Effective Middle Managers

In today’s modern workplace, the central challenge facing middle level leaders is knowing when to act and execute, and when to step back and reflect. Middle level managers also need to be able to enrol others to help and collaborate, have a well-attuned understanding of the context in which they are working and have the analytic ability to make effective use of the vast amount of information available to them. Company leaders believe programmes that help middle level managers develop the skills and competencies they need to excel in this role are critical for driving results, as well as for building a senior leadership pipeline.

Mind-sets are a fixed way of thinking, mental attitudes, inclinations or habits that predetermine our responses to situations. People’s mind-set determines their behaviour and their behaviour produces specific results. Leading from the Middle: The High Impact Middle Manager is a “whole person” model that is based on six distinct mission-critical managerial mind-sets of successful middle managers. The programme developmental framework is a deep dive on effectively role modelling the mind-sets and behaviours of highly effective middle leaders.

The framework for Leading from the Middle: The High Impact Middle Manager is derived from Jonathan Gosling and Henry Mintzberg’s insights into the five mind-sets that successful managers use to deal adeptly with the world around them. leadership journey is designed to help participants to gain mastery of six mind-sets. This programme’s six fundamental mind-sets or competencies of highly effective middle leaders are synthesised into a whole person approach that transforms middle managers to middle leaders. Each module places emphasis on the knowledge and skills clusters of a single mind-set, thereby, allowing participants to ample time to integrate and embed the learnings.

The Six Mind-Sets of Highly Effective Middle Leaders