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What Do Managers of Managers Do? (The Crank Call From Kim) 4 | 16

Radical Candor: Communication at Work

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Hiring Managers of Managers - What's Your Take?

When hiring a manager, you have to be absolutely ruthless about reference checks. If you are afraid of calling someone up and finding out what it is really like to work with somebody, you are not ready to hire another manager. You need to call people who worked for that person. Don't call their boss. Call their direct reports and ask the hard questions. Sometimes, wow, will you learn some stuff when you do that?

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