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New managers

7 articles on new managers.

New managersCommunication

The five conversations every new manager avoids (and how to have them)

The talks you're dreading are usually the ones your team most needs you to have. Here's a structure for each.

Career growthNew managers

The career conversation your best people are waiting for

Your strongest performers rarely ask about their future out loud. The ones who leave are usually the ones nobody asked.

New managersTransitions

The first 90 days: a playbook for newly promoted leaders

The promotion is the easy part. Here's how to use your first three months to set up everything that follows.

DelegationNew managers

Why you're still doing work you should have handed off

You know you should delegate the report, the deck, the standing call. Here's why you keep doing it yourself anyway.

New managersCommunication

Managing people who used to be your peers

Getting promoted over your friends is one of the hardest transitions in work, and pretending nothing changed makes it worse.

New managersTransitions

What to do in your first week as a manager

Your first week as a manager is for listening and learning, not for proving you deserve the title.

New managersOne-to-ones

The manager's first one-to-one: a script for getting it right

Your first one-to-one sets the tone for every one that follows, so spend it on them, not on status updates.

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