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How New Managers Can Delegate Without Losing Control
New managers often struggle with delegation — either they micromanage or they dump tasks and hope for the best. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a specific framework: the 'task-transfer ladder' adapted from Julie Zhou's 'The Making of a Manager.' They walk through a concrete example from a first-time engineering manager at a mid-size SaaS company who had to hand off a critical integration project while keeping her team's confidence. The hosts discuss the four rungs of the ladder — tell, coach, support, and delegate — and why skipping from tell to delegate…
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