Maryna Baltrukevich
Manager, Org Consultant, LXD professional
I was a manager who survived.
I was 26 leading an experienced team. No onboarding at all. No one to tell me what "good" looked like in this role. I made the mistakes, absorbed the pressure, and eventually built something that worked — mostly through trial, error, and a lot of late-night second-guessing.
Later, I built a manager onboarding system for my own company. Then I started helping other fast-growing companies do the same as an LXD professional — teams that were promoting great individual contributors into management and leaving them to survive on instinct.
This guide is what I wish had existed when I started. It's written for the managers who are figuring it out right now — and for the people responsible for making that process less painful.