The weekly newsletter for new managers
We answer all of your specific career questions, bring in experts, and share our successes and failures.
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✨ Answers to Your Questions
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Every month we get experts to deep-dive on a subject and we send you a full article.
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Why Subscribe?
If you're a first time manager or want to go into management, this is for you.
44% of new managers feel unprepared for their role, 87% wish they would have had more training before becoming a manager, and 60% fail in the first 2 years. Why? Because employees who are good at their jobs are often promoted to management positions even though they might not have any interpersonal skills or experience as a manager.
You worked hard to get to this point in your career and we want to give you the tools you need to succeed. As two people who jumped into management a few years ago, we dealt with a lot of challenges and were lucky to have a supportive network of mentors. We started this newsletter as our way to pay it forward. We'd often joke about how great it would be to email someone and get an outside opinion on our leadership challenges. That idea turned into Level Up. We're discussing our own experiences (the good and the bad), getting leadership experts to share their tips, and answering your questions.
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Who We Are
Level Up is founded by Anna McLaughlin and Oscar Godson who are tech industry veterans and leaders. Anna currently serves as Director of Product at onDiem and Oscar as Partner & Co-founder of Bickford+Godson. Prior to that they worked at Vault together which was featured at TechCrunch Disrupt and later acquired by Acorns. They stayed on post-acquisition and worked at Acorns for 2+ years. Their prior experience in building products and teams ranges from companies such as Microsoft, Smarsh, BBVA, Simple, Yammer in addition to starting their own product companies and agencies.
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