The phrase "a direct reporting to" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used to describe a reporting relationship in a professional context, but the correct form would be "direct report to" or "reporting directly to."
Example: "She has a direct report to the CEO, which allows her to influence key decisions."
Alternatives: "a direct report to" or "reporting directly to".
At times, it's appropriate to allow a direct report to escalate a problem if urgency trumps process.
Too often leaders let hierarchy define who comes to a meeting; if you are a direct report to the leader calling the meeting, you attend.
In one study, we asked managers who had just finished coaching a direct report to rate the likelihood that the person would actually change.
He's an executive coaching client and he is trying to coach a direct report to change his behavior.
This came with an exasperated sigh from Mary, one of my executive coaching clients who is trying to get a direct report to improve her peer relationships.
Ministry-level status, and thus a direct report to the State Council, would put it on a par with the central bank and the finance ministry.
If there is a direct report to the top, the company is more likely to get a bigger bang for the R&D buck because the CEO views R&D as an investment to be maximized rather than a cost to be controlled.
Earlier this month, the bank announced that Saul Van Beurden would join from JPMorgan Chase & Co. as the head of technology, landing him on the operating committee as a direct report to Chief Executive Tim Sloan.
As a direct report to the USAAF's Lieutenant-General George Kenney, commander of Allied Air Forces in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA), Bostock was able to ignore many directives from Jones, his nominal superior in the RAAF.
"One of the things we'd like to see is for the White House Initiative on HBCUs to have a direct report to the president, either by the director of the occupying a deputy secretary position, or by requiring federal agencies to report on their engagement and grant awarding to black colleges to that position," says Earl S. Richardson, President Emeritus of Morgan State University in Baltimore.
