Three-Tier Management: A Structure for Trusted Managerial Leadership

From Organisations & People, Vol 12 No 1, February 2005

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The relationship between trust, the quality of managerial leadership, and organization structure is not well understood.

Trust requires a structure that supports accountable managerial leadership: a three-level unit comprising an employee, the employee's manager; and the manager's manager.

Nesting manager/direct report pairs inside a three-level managerial structure establishes accountability for the quality of managerial leadership, provides a mechanism for ensuring fair and equal opportunity for assessment and advancement, and enables timely talent pool development while maintaining operational priorities.

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