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Managers Can’t Do It All

Stephen Lewis/Art + Commerce   

Jennifer stares at her upward-feedback report and wonders how she got to this point. How could a veteran like her, someone who was once celebrated as manager of the year, receive such negative ratings? She used to enjoy her role, but now everything feels out of control. Her job has been reshaped so constantly—by sweeping process reengineering, digitization, and agile initiatives, and most recently by remote work—that she always feels at least one step behind.

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A version of this article appeared in the March–April 2022 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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