What are general management communities?

Communities for managers and executives navigating team leadership, organizational design, and the day-to-day challenges of running a function or company. Discussion ranges from practical people management scenarios to larger strategy questions, with a mix of Slack groups and LinkedIn communities serving practitioners.

Where do most general management communities live?

Slack is the most common platform in this report (50% of 10 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

80% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical general management community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 6K members and the median is 3K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.

What do these communities usually include?

Live Chat is the most common (70%). Others that show up often include online/offline events, forum, and job board.

How does Hive Index collect this data?

Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.

Where can I see the full list?

The full directory is on Hive Index's General Management topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

General Management Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 10 general management communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: In this smaller sample, general management listings cluster on Slack, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-02-13

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Communities: 10
Platforms: 3
Avg members: 6K
Median members: 3K

Where General Management Communities Are Hosted

Slack
5(50%)
Independent Platforms
4(40%)
Reddit
1(10%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
5(50%)
Chat communities
5(50%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (50%), but chat communities is also well represented (50%).

Slack leads (50% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
1(10%)
Small
20-100 members
2(20%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(10%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
3(30%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
2(20%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
0(0%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

1 community has unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (6K vs 3K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How General Management Differs From Other Categories

General Management is smaller, and more chat-heavy, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	General Management	Hive Index average
Free to join	80%	85%
Median members	3K	25K
Average members	6K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	20%	15%
Live chat	70%	38%
Topic pageviews / mo	168	714

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
70%
Online/Offline Events
50%
Forum
40%
Job Board
40%
Newsletter
40%
Courses
30%
Member Perks
30%
Pairing
30%

Niche Features

Requires Application
10%
Tools
10%

Live Chat appears on 70% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 23

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Slack	5	50%	21	91%
Independent Platforms	4	40%	2	9%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Slack hosts 50% of listings and 91% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
21(91%)
Forum / feed-based
2(9%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
22(96%)
Newsletter
16(70%)
Online/Offline Events
9(39%)
Member Perks
8(35%)
Job Board
6(26%)
Pairing
3(13%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
15(65%)
Huge
5(22%)
Tiny
2(9%)
Medium
1(4%)

Top-clicked listings

#people
8(35%)
CTO Craft
7(30%)
Rands Leadership Slack
5(22%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.

Trends

Founded year

2011

2016

2017

2022

2023

4 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2023.

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 1 community has ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

4.9 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

CultureBrained®
Independent Platforms · 4.9 stars · 50 members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as General Management. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•We only have a handful of listings so far, so treat these numbers as directional.
•Last updated 2026-02-13

FAQ

: Communities for managers and executives navigating team leadership, organizational design, and the day-to-day challenges of running a function or company. Discussion ranges from practical people management scenarios to larger strategy questions, with a mix of Slack groups and LinkedIn communities serving practitioners.
: Slack is the most common platform in this report (50% of 10 listings).
: 80% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 6K members and the median is 3K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Live Chat is the most common (70%). Others that show up often include online/offline events, forum, and job board.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.
: The full directory is on Hive Index's General Management topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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