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For first-time managers

Your first 90 days managing people, with someone keeping count.

The hard part of a first team isn’t knowing what to do. It’s doing it on the Tuesday when rewriting the report yourself would be quicker.

Tue 8 Sep
06:30

No. 0288From Your coachTo Thabo N.

Last week you said you’d stop rewriting Sipho’s reports and hand them back with notes instead. One landed on your desk yesterday.

What did you do with it?

Tue 8 Sep
19:02

CarbonFrom ThaboKept in the file

Rewrote half of it. Sent the other half back with notes. Progress?

What gets asked

In the first month, the letters keep coming back to four things.

  • Handing overWhat you took back after saying you’d let it go.
  • One-on-onesWhether they happened, and what you heard in them.
  • Hard feedbackThe conversation you’ve postponed, and for how many weeks.
  • Your own workWhat’s slipping now that your week isn’t yours.

Terms

R140/ month

Less than a coffee a week · R32
A letter every weekday morning
First 14 days free · no card · cancel any time in your book

Start 14 days free

Thirteen weeks costs less than thirteen coffees, and the first two are free.