Spot the Super-IC Before the Numbers Do [61]

Show notes

Nate shares the behavioural signals that expose a first-line SE manager who's really just a super-IC with a title — visible in how they design their forecast call and how they write email under pressure. Ava pushes on whether that's coachable or structural.

What Nate and Ava discuss

• Why a 1:1-only forecast call is the loudest red flag you'll ever get for free
• The CC-the-whole-company escalation pattern, and what it tells you from two levels away
• Manage versus lead: inspect-and-control against agreed outcomes and accountability left with the person

The move

Sit in one of your first-line manager's forecast calls this month and note two things: who was invited, and who got asked to solve what. Then ask what happens to the team when that manager takes four weeks off.

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