Poll Title: Meetings for Mid-Level Managers in Shared Services

Background: In an effort to develop our managers in Shared Services, we are reaching out to our colleagues at other companies to find out if their Shared Service mid-level managers (managers below the top level of Shared Services leadership) have a structured meeting forum. Ultimately we would like to speak with someone with respect to structure, context and development.

Poll Question: How often do mid-level managers (managers below the top level of Shared Services leadership) in your Shared Services organization formally meet to discuss important issues related to Shared Services?


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  Monthly or more often 64%
  Quarterly 18%
  Semi-annually 0%
  Annually 6%
  No specific schedule, just when an issue arises and a meeting is needed 6%
  We do not have formal meetings 6%

Poll Question: Generally speaking, what is the primary purpose of these mid-level manager meetings?


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  Training / development 3%
  To share ideas and / or make decisions on important issues in Shared Services 26%
  To get everyone up to speed on important issues in Shared Services 35%
  To review / discuss goals, objectives and results 13%
  Topics / reasons vary but we feel it is important for this group to meet 16%
  Other (please comment) 6%
  Not Applicable