Define: "Skip-Level" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Treat a skip-level like a police interrogation. Smile, talk exclusively about your own deliverables, and say everything is going great."
A scheduled one-on-one meeting between an employee and their manager's supervisor to encourage open communication across hierarchy levels.
What does "Skip-Level" actually mean?
"A corporate counter-intelligence trap designed to trick you into snitching on your boss so upper management can flag the troublemakers."
"I am scheduling thirty-minute skip-level chats this month to hear how the team is settling into the new structure."
"He thought the skip-level was a safe space to vent about his manager's incompetence, and by Monday afternoon his boss had a transcript of the chat."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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