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Good middle managers are crucial to successful business operations. Too many middle managers, however, "appear to have a Master's degree in mediocrity," says management consultant and author Mary Elston. "That's because no one ever taught them how to get started as a middle manager, how to take on a management challenge and get the job done right, right from the start."
Too much of today's middle management operates by trial and error, what Elston calls management by default. In her book Master Your Middle Management Universe, Elston says the key to successful middle management is "Moga Moga." It's a phrase coined by Elston's father to mean "Get a move on!" Elston has expanded that into an acronym for middle managerial growth: Motivate, Organize, Guide, and Achieve.
Moga Moga Management lets the manager succeed using three steps:
Worksheets and straightforward business examples included in the book make the process easy to understand and apply to a wide range of business environments. Great ways for managers to hold meetings that get things done are part of the methods Elston outlines as well.