Part One: The New Middle Management Imperative.

1. Leadership from the Middle: The Changing Demands of Middle Management Work.

2. Competing on Capabilities: The Middle Manager's Role in Leveraging Knowledge and Skills.

3. Realigning Resources and Talent: The Challenge of Organizational Restructuring.

Part Two: The New Strategic Roles for Middle Managers.

4. Strategy from the Middle Out.

5. Championing: The Discovery and Proposal of Innovative Initiatives.

6. Synthesizing: Advancing Shared Strategic Understanding.

7. Facilitating: Nurturing Adaptability and Setting the Stage for Renewal.

8. Implementing: Inducing the Vision and Making It Real.

Part Three: Unleashing the Power in the Middle.

9. The Challenge of Executive Leadership.

10. Becoming a Strategic Middle Manager.

Resources: The Strategic Consensus Questionnaire;
A Self-Test of Middle Management Strategic Involvement.