If you're a middle manager, you're doomed.

如果你是中层经理，你的好日子到头了。

But you don't have to be a middle manager to do this.

我们不用等到到了中层管理才这样做。

But now, instead of only managing other people, middle managers were expected to become player-coaches.

但现在，中层管理者不仅仅是管理其他人，而是被期望成为球员兼教练。

The second lesson is that middle managers deserve respect more than ridicule.

第二个教训是，中层管理人员更值得被尊重，而不是被嘲讽。

The authors examined the decisions of middle managers at Shahi Exports, one of India's largest garment-makers.

作者研究了印度最大的服装制造商之一沙希出口公司的中层管理人员的决策。

Well, I was a bit surprised, because, in fact, middle managers hold regular meetings with their departments.

嗯，我有点惊讶，因为，其实他们是由中层管理者主持部门常规会议。

First of all, without the handovers and the PowerPoint, there's less of a need for middle managers.

首先，不要汇报或PPT，对中层管理人员的需求就少很多了。

Its middle managers were making their training recommendations to avoid the extra work that comes from higher churn.

该公司的中层管理人员推荐人选参加培训，目的是避免更高的员工流动性带来额外工作。

Perhaps " team leader" is the word we need instead of " middle manager" .

也许“团队领导”是我们需要的词，而不是“中层管理者”。

From the corner office to the middle manager's cubicle, the many demands on their time are intensifying.

从角落办公室到中层经理的办公室，对他们时间的要求越来越高。

But it did suit the interests of middle managers, who bear the burden of filling in for missing supervisors and training new ones.

但这确实符合中层管理人员的利益，他们承担着主管离职后补缺和培训新主管的重担。

We need middle managers and senior leaders to work together, because this is a big problem.

我们需要中层和高层管理者共同努力， 因为这是一个很大的问题。

Today's episode is an ode to the often-maligned middle manager.

今天的插曲是对经常受到诽谤的中层经理的颂歌。

Despite their prevalence in organisations, middle managers have had a bad rap for decades.

尽管中层管理人员在组织中很普遍， 但数十年来名声不佳。

First, rather obvious question, but what exactly makes someone a middle manager?

首先，一个很明显的问题，但是究竟是什么让一个人成为中层管理者？

All of which means that middle managers can have a hugely beneficial effect on the performance of the workforce if the incentives are right.

所有这些都意味着，如果激励措施得当，中层管理人员可以对员工的表现产生巨大的有益影响。

And within it you defended the role of middle managers.

在其中，您捍卫了中层管理人员的角色。

Well, I think that the middle manager is somebody, as I say, who links the executive team to the front line.

嗯，我认为中层管理者，正如我所说， 是将执行团队与一线联系起来的人。

A survey of 700 middle managers conducted for the book finds that they are spending one full day a week on administrative tasks.

这本书对700名中层管理人员进行了一项调查，发现他们每周有一整天的时间花在行政任务上。

And what do you think are the structural problems that make the term " middle manager" just sound so boring?

您认为使“中层经理” 一词听起来如此乏味的结构性问题是什么？