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Five principles for successfully managing managers
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Five principles for successfully managing managers

Saumil Mehta shares his hard-earned framework for becoming a high-impact “manager of managers” — and why skip level leaders, not more middle managers, are the key to scaling product teams.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • When a manager struggles, look one level up

  • Why the jump from line manager to skip lead is so tough

  • The “API endpoint” trick for leading through layers

  • How to get feedback without undermining your managers

  • Why covering for a weak manager can backfire

  • How to match people to the right projects

  • A simple 2×2 for knowing when to step in or step back

  • First-week habits that set skip leads up for success

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