10 Leadership skills managers need to learn now
August 30, 2026
Most managers were trained for a job that no longer exists. The role they were prepared for involved a team of six or seven, work that arrived through them, and a reasonable expectation that the person who did the job well would eventually do the managing. That version of the role has quietly disappeared. Teams are bigger. Layers have been removed. A significant share of the coordination work that used to justify the position is now handled by software. And managers are expected to lead their teams through an AI transition they were never briefed on and are often more anxious about than the people they manage.


