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Managing an Employee Who Always Says Busy
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- Jul 7, 2026
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Summary
Episode 98 of The Manager's Hour tackles a deceptively tricky leadership challenge: the team member who constantly says they're 'busy' but delivers inconsistent results. Lucas and Luna unpack the difference between genuine overload and 'busy as identity' — using the real-world example of a mid-career engineer at a B2B SaaS company who was swamped in low-value tasks while missing strategic deadlines. They walk through a concrete three-step framework: auditing the actual workload, asking the 'stop doing' question, and resetting expectations with a 'must do, should do, could do' matrix. No fluff — just a specific case you can adapt to your own team by tomorrow morning. Plus: a candid moment about what keeps this ad-free podcast going. #ManagingBusyEmployees #TimeManagement #LeadershipSkills #PeopleManagement #Delegation #WorkloadAudit #TeamProductivity #ManagerTips #EmployeeCoaching #B2BLeadership #PerformanceManagement #BusyTrap #Prioritization #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TheManagersHour #StopDoing #MustDoShouldDoCouldDo Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo