Organizations don’t lose engagement at the edges - they lose it at the gaps in the middle.

Skip-level meetings aren't about controlling people. They’re about collapsing communication distance before trust collapses silently.

For CEOs, founders, and global operators scaling beyond tight early teams, maintaining visibility into layers of leadership isn’t optional - it’s survival.

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"Honestly, just humanize your executive or upper-level leadership teams. Make it feel like they aren’t so out of touch, after all. Hopefully, they have a good relationship with their middle managers and there are no surprises, but allow the space for both casual conversation and genuine curiosity on how things are going to create an open and inclusive environment. Be an example of showing alignment."

~ Kinga Vajda, Agile Group Leader, Q3 & Q4 Best New Group – Forbes Coaches Council

In this Forbes article, contributors highlight how thoughtful skip-level meetings build trust, reveal blind spots, and drive alignment across teams.

Learn how skip-level meetings can reveal insights - and reinforce trust.

Read the Full Article on Forbes

🛡️ This quote was originally published by Forbes as part of a Forbes Coaches Council Expert Panel. Reprinted here with permission in accordance with member guidelines.