ALISON BEARD: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Alison Beard.
Managers today are overwhelmed and that’s because their jobs were designed for a different kind of work world. One where people clocked in at factory stores or desk jobs, the tasks and teams didn’t change much. And a boss’s job was to push for great performance, but times have definitely changed.
Thanks to rapid technological innovations, flattening hierarchies, agile work, and new attitudes about talent. Managers have to do more than ever.