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How New Managers Can Host Effective Skip-Level Meetings
In episode 120 of New Manager Conversations, Lucas and Luna tackle a skill most first-time leaders overlook: the skip-level meeting. Lucas opens with a striking stat from Google's Project Oxygen — that managers who regularly meet with their direct reports' direct reports see 12% higher team retention. They break down exactly how to structure a 25-minute skip-level so it doesn't feel like a surveillance session. Lucas shares the three-question framework he learned from a product VP at HubSpot: 'What should I know about your work?', 'What's one thing the team…
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