How to Use middle management in a Sentence

middle management

noun
  • He was just promoted to middle management.
  • Not for you or for upper and middle management.
    — Catherine Mevs, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The good news is that the skills honed in middle management remain highly valuable.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • What's clear is that the depiction of middle management must adapt to this new landscape.
    — Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Block is not the only company that wants to axe middle management.
    — Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • And women are still, by and large, hitting a ceiling at middle management.
    — Whitney Wolfe Herd, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2018
  • If these issues aren’t addressed in the new year, companies could soon face a dearth of middle management.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2024
  • And then, somewhere between their climb from middle management to the top, the gender balance will shift.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 20 May 2018
  • But also, in some reassuring sense, in those of the middle management.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2020
  • If something isn't working, the best middle management professionals are open about it and share their take on why that may be.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Looking at the practices of middle management may make a difference.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2021
  • This is why middle management alignment is a make-or-break moment for strategy adoption.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • In fact, so did all of what might be called a baboon troop's middle management, the males who weren't #1 but weren't low ranking, either.
    — Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2011
  • This returns us to middle management and to the question the obituaries get wrong.
    — Brett Hurt, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • Great for most job-seekers, but not reassuring for people in middle management.
    — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023
  • Senior management is often hands-on, while middle management is always hands-on.
    — Jc Gaillard, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • That could open up new opportunities for middle management and other staff.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Companies are trimming their workforces, and many of them are focusing their cuts on middle management.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 15 July 2025
  • In contrast, just 20% of those with a decade or more under their belt consider calling it quits on middle management.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • And without growth, there’s no real leadership, just middle management.
    — Leisse Wilcox, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The future of middle management lies in striking this delicate balance.
    — Iese Business School, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Many tech companies have spent recent years flattening their structure by cutting middle management at a record rate.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • While much of the discussion around flattening has focused on middle management roles, the C-suite has not been immune.
    — Sarah Abbott, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The focus should be on ensuring frontline workers and core services come first before middle management growth.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Much of its middle management is highly resistant to change, its rank-and-file staff morale is low, and its union/management relations are poor.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Those positions impacted are largely in the junior and middle management realm.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Many businesses are also shrinking their layers of middle management.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In this world, making it into middle management is an expression of feminism, an act of resistance.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 9 June 2022
  • Cutting middle management can make an organization look leaner and create short-term speed.
    — Lior Pozin, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • So why are women failing to make that jump into management—and then subsequently middle management and exec roles?
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2024

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