# Managing a Team Member Who Always Says I Will Get to It Later

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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: 2026-07-01T07:39:52+00:00
Episode link: https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-managers-hour/episode-0086.mp3
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## Resource

Lucas and Luna tackle a common leadership frustration: the employee who habitually defers tasks with 'I'll get to it later.' Lucas shares a specific case from a mid-size logistics company where a senior analyst's chronic procrastination on quarterly reports threw off the entire finance team's close cycle. They explore why 'later' often signals a deeper issue—fear of imperfection, unclear prioritization, or a hidden workload bottleneck—rather than simple laziness. Lucas walks through the three-step conversation framework he used to coach that analyst out of the pattern: first, naming the observable behavior without judgment; second, collaboratively investigating the 'why' behind the delay using a structured root-cause question; third, co-creating a micro-commitment system that breaks deferred tasks into smaller, time-bound actions. Luna pushes back with a real scenario from her own experience managing a remote designer whose 'later' turned into weeks, and Lucas reframes the conversation to address accountability without micromanagement. The episode closes on the distinction between chronic procrastinators and genuinely overloaded employees, and why the best managers learn to tell the difference. #ManagingLater #Procrastination #EmployeeCoaching #LeadershipSkills #PeopleManagement #Delegation #Accountability #TeamDynamics #WorkplaceProductivity #TimeManagement #BehavioralCoaching #ManagementTips #BusinessPodcast #FexingoBusiness #ManagersHour #LucasAndLuna #CommunicationSkills #RootCauseAnalysis Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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