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Flattening

Danger Management Buzzword HR

Removing management layers, sold as agility and decided as savings. The org gets flatter; the surviving managers' spans get wider; the flattened get boxes and escorts.

Heard in the wild

“The flattening removed a whole director layer in one Tuesday.”

Tone check: Danger

Middle management is the target zone. If your role is mostly relaying information, become the source or the destination.

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