# How to Manage an Employee Who Always Says That Is Impossible

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Podcast: [The Manager's Hour with Fexingo: People Management, Team Building, and Leadership Skills](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622)
Published: 2026-07-04T04:38:22+00:00
Episode link: https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-managers-hour/episode-0092.mp3
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## Resource

When a team member declares a task impossible, it can stall progress and frustrate everyone. In this episode, Lucas and Luna dissect a real scenario from a mid-sized SaaS company where a lead developer repeatedly shut down new feature requests as 'technically impossible' — until his manager tried a different approach. They explore why some employees default to the impossibility frame, how to distinguish genuine constraints from learned helplessness or hidden objections, and a three-step conversational framework that turns 'that is impossible' into 'here is what would make it possible.' The hosts also share a specific case where a manager used a 'pre-mortem' technique to uncover the real barrier: not tech limits, but fear of failure on a tight deadline. No theory for its own sake — just practical moves for the next one-on-one. #Impossible #FixedMindset #Leadership #Management #TeamBuilding #EmployeeBehavior #ConversationFramework #PreMortem #SaaS #Tech #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TheManagersHour #LucasAndLuna #PeopleManagement #DifficultConversations #PsychologicalSafety Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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