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One of the most effective ways to improve your engineering team's performance is by conducting skip level meetings. Skip level meetings are meetings that are held between a manager and an employee's direct manager or skip-level manager, i.e., the manager above their immediate supervisor. The purpose of these meetings is to gain insight into how an employee's direct manager is performing, as well as to provide an opportunity for the employee to express any concerns they might have without fear of retribution. In this article, I'll share some tips on how to conduct skip level meetings effectively and get the most out of these valuable conversations.