The “Squishy” Middle: A No-BS Senior Leader Discussion on Quickly Boosting Mid-Level Manager Performance

Description

Are your best engineers getting promoted into management, only to become execution bottlenecks?

You elevated them for their technical skill, but now you’re pulled into debugging team conflicts, redlining project plans, and handling escalations that should have been solved two layers down. Your strategic work gets derailed while you firefight tactical problems.

The issue isn't their ability—it's that they haven't been equipped to lead.

On Tuesday, July 29 at 3pm CT, we’re hosting a private, executive roundtable for a small group of engineering execs who lead the people strategy for their firm, to address this head-on. (virtual event)
This is not a theoretical debate. It is a candid, action-oriented discussion structured to solve one of the most persistent challenges in scaling technical organizations. These are the types of questions we will explore:

• Diagnosis: What are the early warning signs and lagging indicators?
• Solutions: What are the potential solutions?
• Accountability: Who can—and should—help solve this? 
• Cost of Inaction: Think project delays, talent attrition, and the drain on senior leadership focus.
• Investment: How much does it really cost to solve this effectively?
• Hurdles: What are the biggest hurdles to implementation—from manager resistance to lack of buy-in—and how do you avoid them?

To ensure a candid conversation, we're limiting the roundtable to eight exec leaders and a plus one—a senior-level leader or HR partner who is central to this conversation.

If you are an AEC exec wrestling with this challenge, this conversation is for you.Interested in a seat at the table? Send me an email or use this link to request a seat!