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How to Manage a Boss Who Is Never Available
Lucas and Luna tackle the hands-off boss who is perpetually unavailable—scheduling overbooked, replies glacial, decisions stalled. They break down a real case from a mid-size SaaS company where a product manager spent six weeks waiting for a sign-off from a VP who attended only 3 of 12 weekly check-ins. The episode drills into two concrete strategies: the 'decision memo' technique (one-page brief that forces asynchronous sign-off) and the 'scheduled escalation' protocol (pre-agreed triggers for when delay tolerance expires). Lucas cites a 2023 Microsoft Workplace Trends…
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