Holiday Greetings!

What critical success factors are important for succeeding as a first-line manager, which ones as a middle manager,  and how much does the focus change  when moving from  one role to another?

Does the  work of a top manager change when the company acquires or launches additional businesses,  and how?

What are the issues that leaders and HR must focus their attention on in the new year? I will give a brief overview of the conversations I had with top managers, HR executives and also entrepreneurs in the last weeks of December.