{"podcast":{"title":"New Manager Conversations with Fexingo: First 90 Days, Managing Former Peers, and Leadership Basics","slug":"new-manager-conversations-with-fexingo-first-90-days-managing-former-peers-and-leadership-basics-7871636","podcast_index_feed_id":7871636,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/new-manager-conversations.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/new-manager-conversations/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":122,"summary":"Lucas and Luna explore the first 90 days of a new manager, from navigating the transition from peer to boss to building credibility without authority. Each episode examines a specific management challenge using real cases: how a tech lead at Spotify handled team pushback on code reviews, why a retail store manager at Patagonia reversed a 15% turnover by changing one-on-one meeting structure, and what data from Gallup's 2023 manager engagement survey reveals about the most common mistakes new leaders make. Lucas brings the research and frameworks — the Gartner manager readiness model, the 30-60-90 day templates from Harvard Business Review, and compensation data from Payscale — while Luna tests them against her own experience managing a marketing team and pushes for the messy human decisions behind the charts. They don't prescribe a single playbook; instead, they argue about when to impose structure and when to let norms emerge, how to handle a former peer who now resists direction, and what to do when your first hire quits in week six. Every conversation ends with a specific tension left unresolved: Is it better to over-communicate in the first month or let your team discover your…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T04:19:01.876952+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-manager-conversations-with-fexingo-first-90-days-managing-former-peers-and-leadership-basics-7871636"},"episode":{"title":"How New Managers Can Build a Personal Board of Directors","slug":"how-new-managers-can-build-a-personal-board-of-directors","published_at":"2026-07-08T05:00:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-manager-conversations-with-fexingo-first-90-days-managing-former-peers-and-leadership-basics-7871636/how-new-managers-can-build-a-personal-board-of-directors","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-manager-conversations-with-fexingo-first-90-days-managing-former-peers-and-leadership-basics-7871636","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/new-manager-conversations/episode-0100.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/new-manager-conversations/episode-0100.mp3","summary":"Episode 100: Luna and Lucas tackle a challenge every new manager faces: who do you turn to for honest, unbiased advice when you can't go to your boss or your old peers? They explore the concept of a 'personal board of directors' — a small, handpicked group of mentors and peers from inside and outside your organisation. Lucas shares the story of a first-time manager at a mid-sized tech firm who, after a disastrous all-hands presentation, reached out to three people: a former boss, a peer in a different department, and a mentor from a previous industry. The episode breaks down what each person brought to the table and how the manager used that council to course-correct. No generic advice. No 'just find a mentor' platitudes. A specific, repeatable framework for building your own advisory network — even if you're introverted, even if you're the only new manager in your company. #NewManager #PersonalBoardOfDirectors #Mentorship #LeadershipAdvice #CareerDevelopment #First90Days #PeerSupport #ManagerTips #WorkplaceAdvice #LeadershipGrowth #CareerStrategy #Fexingo #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Careers #Podcast #Episode100 #LucasAndLuna Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 100: Luna and Lucas tackle a challenge every new manager faces: who do you turn to for honest, unbiased advice when you can't go to your boss or y…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":525,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-manager-conversations-with-fexingo-first-90-days-managing-former-peers-and-leadership-basics-7871636/episodes/how-new-managers-can-build-a-personal-board-of-directors/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-manager-conversations-with-fexingo-first-90-days-managing-former-peers-and-leadership-basics-7871636/how-new-managers-can-build-a-personal-board-of-directors.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}