Flattening org structures have counterintuitively increased the number of managers in many organisations - with these people playing more of a "player-coach" role rather than traditional line management roles. This leads to managers become more fragmented and has been associated with higher rates of burnout. Some options for fixing this include rethinking training, changing decision making processes, and making more space for senior individual contributors.
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Flattening org structures have counterintuitively increased the number of managers in many organisations - with these people playing more of a "player-coach" role rather than traditional line management roles. This leads to managers become more fragmented and has been associated with higher rates of burnout. Some options for fixing this include rethinking training, changing decision making processes, and making more space for senior individual contributors.