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How to Run Your First Team Retrospective as a New Manager
In this episode of New Manager Conversations, Lucas and Luna tackle a crucial skill many first-time managers overlook: leading a team retrospective. Lucas breaks down the specific structure he used when he managed a five-person content team at a B2B SaaS company in 2023 — including the three-question format ('What went well?', 'What didn't?', 'What will we change?') and how he avoided common pitfalls like defensiveness or turning it into a complaint session. Luna shares a counterexample from a friend whose first retro devolved into a blame spiral because the…
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