The Middle Manager Trap: Trusted By Your Team, Lacking Influence With Senior Leaders

Then a bigger team or a bigger initiative comes up, and your name is not in the conversation. What I cover in this video: ✅ Why the first instinct in a new leadership role always points downward ✅ The manager who is loved by the team and has no gravitas with senior management ✅ How overprotective managers limit their team's growth while limiting their own ✅ Why almost all leadership content teaches you to manage down and nothing else ✅ The unhealthy pattern nobody names: the hero, the parent, the people pleaser ✅ "I am like their mother, my team relies on me", and where that ends up ✅ Examples of unhealthy loyalty, see if you recognise any of them ✅ Why role conflict is built into this job and is not a sign you are doing it badly ✅ Why quitting corporate will not solve it, and what happened when I did —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 📥 Free bundle: Assessment: Leadership Readiness Check Guide: Creating time and space for growth → https://www.narosibcoaching.com/leade... Learn more about my coaching programs: https://www.narosibcoaching.com/coach... Book a free consultation to explore working with me. We look at your situation and whether I can help. → https://www.narosibcoaching.com/contact 🎙️ The Heart of the Equation Podcast → https://www.narosibcoaching.com/podcast 🔗 LinkedIn →   / sara-mobarhanfard   🔗 Instagram →   / sara_mobarhanfard   🌐 narosibcoaching.com #leadershipcoaching #middlemanagement #executivecoaching —------- 00:00 High integrity middle managers & protecting their team 01:30 Loved by the team, ignored by senior leaders 03:35 Unhealthy Patterns in Managing Team 08:07 The key roles of successful middle managers 11:35 Quitting corporate won’t solve your problem!