Get Unstuck: Breaking Through the Middle Management Plateau

About the Book

A ONE-STOP GUIDE TO BREAK INTO UPPER MANAGEMENT.

You are not stuck for lack of talent; you are stuck because the rules changed. Layers thinned, roles blurred and excellence stopped speaking for itself.

Get Unstuck is a field manual for moving from trusted operator to enterprise shaper.

Through the VALUES framework, you will learn to read volatility, act with values, bridge between global and local, make your work visible, scale teams and drive change that lasts.

Each section is divided into four parts: real-world stories that illustrate messy situations you encounter at work and how to navigate them; practical, repeatable tested frameworks built to signal readiness for senior roles; a view from the top, perspectives from senior leaders Rajiv Jayaraman, Annaswamy Vaidheesh, Hariram Krishnan, Vinita Vasanth Vikas Dua and Vivek Gambhir on how they spot managers for bigger roles; and, most useful of all, do-it notes with instructions for you to follow this month, this quarter and this year.

Built from real experience, this book helps you signal leadership readiness before the title arrives.

About the Author

Sunder Ramachandran is chief people and transformation officer and head of corporate communications at Biological E. Ltd. He has led teams across India and emerging markets in senior roles at GSK and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. He is co- author of HeadStart (Penguin Random House, 2024) and a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD (UK). He holds an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia, and an MSc in Human Resources from the University of Leicester, UK.