{"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 Delegate Without Losing Control","slug":"how-new-managers-can-delegate-without-losing-control","published_at":"2026-07-13T17:12:35+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-delegate-without-losing-control","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-0112.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/new-manager-conversations/episode-0112.mp3","summary":"New managers often struggle with delegation — either they micromanage or they dump tasks and hope for the best. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a specific framework: the 'task-transfer ladder' adapted from Julie Zhou's 'The Making of a Manager.' They walk through a concrete example from a first-time engineering manager at a mid-size SaaS company who had to hand off a critical integration project while keeping her team's confidence. The hosts discuss the four rungs of the ladder — tell, coach, support, and delegate — and why skipping from tell to delegate is the biggest mistake new managers make. They also address the emotional side: the fear of losing visibility, the guilt of not doing the work yourself, and how to rebuild trust when a past peer now reports to you. If you've ever worried that delegating means losing control, this episode offers a practical path to letting go while staying accountable. #NewManager #Delegation #LeadershipBasics #First90Days #ManagingFormerPeers #JulieZhou #TheMakingOfAManager #TaskTransferLadder #EngineeringManagement #SaaS #TeamAccountability #TrustAsAManager #CareerAdvice #Careers #WorkplaceSkills #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #NewManagerConversations Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"New managers often struggle with delegation — either they micromanage or they dump tasks and hope for the best. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":664,"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-delegate-without-losing-control/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-delegate-without-losing-control.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}