Hears perspectives from all angles of the company: top management, base management, from all sectors. AI doesn’t do that.
It’s another term in English in the world of work. It is worth explaining what a middle manager.
Translating directly, one begins to understand that it is a middle manager, that is, someone who is there in the middle of the hierarchy. He is not the boss, he is not an employee without any responsibility or without a leadership role.
It deals with strategies, or team management, or coordinating resources and processes, building bridges, resolving conflicts. Examples of middle managers: team leader, supervisor, coordinator, section head, project manager…
And this is the work that Artificial Intelligence still can’t do itresume o .
The tasks that a middle manager performs are still in high demand, as always. And although job offers have fallen in the US, employment is not disappearing – it is reinventing itself.
It is a profession that continues to be essential – now with more strategic and less operational functions.
Because a middle manager is a connecting linkin both directions, between top management and the teams that carry out the company’s daily work. AI doesn’t do that.
Hear perspectives from all angles of the company: from top management, from the base and from all sectors. AI doesn’t go that far.
Jenn Christison, principal consultant at Seven Ways Consulting, offers an example: “A senior leader sets a directive. It is the middle manager’s job to understand the implications for their teams and translate the high-level guidance into next steps. And when their teams ask questions or offer suggestions, it is the middle manager who must find a way to translate their practical considerations into ‘strategic imperatives’ that are well received by senior management.”
The superiors of the middle manager give direction; your direct reports give you the big picture; their peers offer them perspectives on existing gaps.
The focus is to build a effective collaboration between different functional areas, reduce significantly the problems internal.
According to , in Portugal companies also continue to invest in this role.
This is because technology does not replace middle managers – it raises expectations about their role, freeing them from repetitive tasks and allowing greater focus on strategy, innovation and decision-making.
AI increases efficiency. But it does not replace context, empathy, analysis.
