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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

Referenced

* High Output Management

* Jeff Weiner’s Essay

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