The cover theme of the November issue is ‘middle management’. Experts—Muniinder K Anand, Managing Director- India & South Asia, Center for Creative Leadership; Professor John Colley, Associate Dean, Warwick Business School; Walter Vieira, a marketing consultant, author, and former chairman, International Council of Management Consulting Institutes; Dr Debashish Sengupta, Professor, Alliance University, and author of The Life of Y share perspectives on the role, relevance, and importance of middle managers who act as a bridge between the C-Suite and the remainder of the workforce.

Others who have contributed are:

·         Peshwa Acharya, Chief Marketing Officer, Sterling Holiday Resorts Limited

·         Abhishek Totawar, Assistant Professor, Organizational Behaviour, Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli

·         Capt J Raghuram, an ICF certified PCC level Executive Coach and an OD consultant

·         Ashish Janiani, founder, Motivational Diaries

·         Indranil Chakraborty, founder, StoryWorks and author of Stories at Work

·         Chaitanya Ramalingegowda, co-founder, Wakefit.co

·         Shweta HandaGupta, co-founder, QuadraBrain® Transformation Solutions and an International Coach Federation Master Certified Coach

·         Leo Bottary, a thought leader, author of What Anyone Can Do, and co-author of The Power of Peers

·         Dr Aseem Chauhan, Dr Manoj Joshi, and Dr Ashok Kumar, Amity University

·         Doug Skonord, founder and CEO, Transition Management Inc