Fewer than half of managers surveyed said they feel ready to lead through critical leadership challenges. “The role of the manager has fundamentally changed,” Mark Saddic, senior partner at Careerminds, said in a statement. Notably, while 2 in 3 executive-level people managers surveyed said they feel very ready to lead through challenges, only 42% of senior-level and middle managers agreed. And only 3% of C-suite, CHRO and senior talent acquisition leaders surveyed by ManpowerGroup Talent said their leaders were highly prepared to lead AI adoption efforts. “They’ll invest in preparing managers to lead people through change.