---
id: "action-invest-in-mid-managers"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["§ 4. Invest in (the often neglected) mid-level managers."]
tags: ["leadership-development", "resource-allocation"]
related: ["claim-mid-managers-key-roi", "prereq-peter-principle"]
action: "Make mid-level managers the biggest unit of investment for maximizing ROI from AI and Gen AI."
outcome: "Effective translation of high-level AI strategy into frontline execution and sustained team morale."
speakers: ["Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic"]
sources: ["adoption"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-adoption"
originDay: 9
articleStem: "hbr-edu-36-team-collaborate-with-ai"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2024/11/set-your-team-up-to-collaborate-with-ai-successfully"
sourceTitle: "Set Your Team Up to Collaborate with AI Successfully"
---
# Disproportionately Invest in Mid-Level Managers

**Action:** Make mid-level managers the biggest unit of investment for maximizing ROI from AI and gen AI.

**How:** Recognize that mid-level managers are the linchpin for AI strategy execution. Allocate the largest portion of AI-transformation investment toward equipping this group with both **technical AI expertise** and the **advanced soft skills / coaching abilities** required to manage modern teams — teams stretched by AI, ethics, DEI, climate, and more.

**Outcome:** Effective translation of high-level AI strategy into frontline execution and sustained team morale. This action operationalizes the claim that [[claim-mid-managers-key-roi]], is motivated by the [[prereq-peter-principle]], and is pillar 4 of [[framework-5-ways-ai-collaboration]].


## Related across articles
- [[action-train-middle-layer]]
- [[action-train-frontline-managers]]