Hosted by Jay Adelson.
Entrepreneur, CEO, and business owner Jay Adelson (Equinix, Digg, Revision3, SimpleGeo) demystifies the start-up process by providing advice, tips, and answering questions. Ask Jay how to turn any business idea into reality: askjay@revision3.com, @jayadelson, or http://youtube.com/askjayadelson Read More
Successful entrepreneur and CEO, Jay Adelson, demystifies the start-up process by providing advice, tips, and answering questions. Today Jay discusses what middle management is, and when to decide that you need it.
Successful entrepreneur and CEO, Jay Adelson, demystifies the start-up process by providing advice, tips, and answering questions. Today Jay discusses what middle management is, and when to decide that you need it.
Jay's Chalkboard Notes: The Importance of Middle Management
- Not needed in early stage
- Definition: manager in between front line & VPs/CEO
- Help make decisions when you're not around
- A flat team beyond 5 begins to need a director
- Companies can often go for years w/o middle management
Deciding When You Need Middle Management:
- When the natives are getting restless
- When front line employees begin having problems
- Think about promoting vs hiring
- When company has growth and revenue
Have questions about launching a business that you want answered? Submit them to askjay@revision3.com, or upload a video question on our YouTube page. And make sure and follow Jay via Twitter.
About Ask Jay
Entrepreneur, CEO, and business owner Jay Adelson (Equinix, Digg, Revision3, SimpleGeo) demystifies the start-up process by providing advice, tips and answering questions. Submit questions to learn how to turn any business idea into reality and maybe even change the world.
Sponsored by Audible
Audible.com is the leading provider of downloadable digital audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Audible has over 100,000 titles to choose from, to be downloaded to your iPod/MP3 player and played back anywhere, anytime. Choose from books in every genre, science fiction, thrillers, drama, comedy, business, history and more. Go to audiblepodcast.com/askjay to get a FREE Audiobook-download of your choice when you sign up today!
