About Nate

Nate Dinet is the founder and CEO of The Step Manager. With over 15 years dedicated to advocating for employees, Nate developed The Step Manager to provide accessible and affordable promotion and management coaching. His goal is to empower professionals to advance their careers and achieve work-life balance. This initiative reflects his commitment to fostering professional growth and operational excellence across various industries, including technology, sports/entertainment, and financial services. While Nate’s primary focus these days is advocating for individual contributors and middle managers everywhere, he also brings significant experience in tech startups and organizational transformations. Nate has led teams and products to market, improved organizational efficiency, and driven growth. A classic jack-of-all-trades, his background in consulting and product management helps clients drive their initiatives forward and, in his words, ‘get shit done.’

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Today We Talked About

• Nate’s background
• Framework for managing teams
• The Step Manager
• Burnout
• Building Confidence
• Communication
• Leadership
• Agile/Scrum
• Output vs. Outcomes
• Reflection and Retrospectives
• Managing your WIP limits
• Building Great Teams
• Defining Career Ladders
• One-on-one agenda

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Connect with Nate

• Website
• LinkedIn

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