when things get busy, most managers go quiet

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How is Q4 here tomorrow 🤯 

And with that comes the thing that trips up a lot of managers...

The pace picks up, the calendar fills, and the first thing that gets cut are the team check-ins…

• we're all busy.

• they know what they're doing.

• I'll catch up with them next week

And… you know how it is. Next week never comes 👀

In today's send:

✅ Why managers go quiet exactly when their team needs them most
✅ What that does to your team over time
✅ What to do instead (it doesn't take as long as you think)

Top reads this week:

• Why weekly check-ins outperform every other cadence (the data is pretty clear on this one)

• Why your best employees are silently disengaged and how to catch it before it's too late

• Manager check-ins and 1:1s: a complete guide and what to actually cover and how to make them useful

If part of what's keeping you too busy is work that doesn't actually need you...

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