# Skip level meeting agenda

**Date:**   
**Length:** 30 min  
**Senior manager:**   
**Employee:**   
**Their manager:** Told about the meeting: Yes / No  

| Item | Owner | Time | What we need to leave with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Why we're meeting and how notes are used | Senior manager | 3 min | Employee knows what will and won't be shared |
| What's working | Employee | 5 min | Two or three specifics |
| What's in the way | Employee | 10 min | A recent example for each problem |
| Questions for leadership | Employee | 7 min | Answers, or a date for each answer |
| One thing you'd change | Employee | 3 min | One idea, in their words |
| Follow-ups and what we share | Senior manager | 2 min | Agreed follow-ups and what goes to their manager |

## Questions that work in a skip level

- What slowed you down most this month?
- What do you wish leadership understood about your work?
- If you ran this team for a week, what would you change first?
- What do customers tell you that probably doesn't reach me?
- Is anything about where the department is heading unclear to you?