{"id":44790,"date":"2014-01-23T16:09:32","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T16:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kepner-tregoe.com\/about\/news\/strategy-and-the-middle-manager\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T10:19:53","slug":"strategy-and-the-middle-manager","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/kepner-tregoe.com\/nl\/about\/news\/strategy-and-the-middle-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategy and the Middle Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<p>While executives set the strategy for what the organization should be, managers implement it and determine how the organization will get there. KT Practice Leader Debra Evans explores the critical role of managers in strategy execution in a new blog post at the \u201cSmart Business\u201d website. She looks beyond the executive suite and argues that managers are the key to focusing an organization on achieving strategic goals and meeting the challenges along the way. Read <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartbusinessblog.biz\/leadership\/51-leadership-lessons\/919-strategy-and-the-middle-manager-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strategy and the Middle Manager<\/a> <\/strong>at Smart Business.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Debra Evans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/evansdebra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.linkedin.com\/in\/evansdebra<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While executives set the strategy for what the organization should be, managers implement it and determine how the organization will get there. KT Practice Leader Debra Evans explores the critical role of managers in strategy execution in a new blog post at the \u201cSmart Business\u201d website. 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