As managers get more responsibility, and potentially promotions to Senior Manager, they start feeling squeezed between the demands from above and the demands of running their org. The increases in requests for information from above take time to prepare for. The answer is to make your team's reporting more proactive.Have you ever been torn between running your team and all the work you have to do to communicate upwards about your status? Always having to get updates from your team for a briefing, or last minute prep for meetings about budget? You're not alone. The solution is creating an "architecture of execution," with must more proactive reporting from your team.