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Skip-Level Meeting Toolkit

Why skip-levels matter, how to run one without it feeling like an interrogation of the direct manager, and the follow-through discipline that protects trust.

Why skip-levels matter, how to run one without it feeling like an interrogation of the direct manager, and the follow-through discipline that protects trust.

A skip-level — a leader meeting with their report's direct reports — surfaces what doesn't always make it up the chain, but done carelessly it can quietly undermine the manager in the middle. This short guide covers how to frame the meeting so it doesn't read as evaluating the manager, a focused question bank, and the one discipline that matters most: never acting on something raised in a skip-level without looping in the manager first. Instant digital download.

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Build It With Your Team

This toolkit's companion Lab is Lab 02: Reading the Room — a facilitated session that builds the underlying skill with your whole team, no external trainer required.