Mistakes First Time Design Managers Make - Kyle Turman (Director of Product Design @ Retool)

My guests today is Kyle Turman who is the the Director of Product Design at Retool and previously led design teams at Slack, Dropbox, and Etsy. Interview Video: https://youtu.be/CPnSHrk9e6U In this episode, we discuss the following: - Why I'm interviewing Kyle Turman - Why is it hard for IC designers to switch into a design manager role? - What changes when you become a design manager from an IC designer? - Imposter Syndrome being a first time Design Manager - How do you measure output as a design manager? - How does a Design Manager track their progress? - Importance of focusing on business impact as a Design Manager - Why should a Design Manager pay attention to the existing company culture? - Why you should not micro manage your direct reports as a Design Manager? - Should you give feedback to your Design Manager if they are micromanaging you? - What are the long term impacts of not delegating work? - Why do you have to motivate your direct reports as a Design Manager? - How do you motivate designers at a company? - How to figure out what motivates designers on your team? - Why you should encourage your direct reports to double down on their strenghts as a Design Manager? - How do you grow as a Design Manager? - Asking for help from stakeholders as a Design Manager - How to be productive as a Design Manager? For show notes, guest bio, and more, please visit: www.designmba.show