{"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 Host Effective Skip-Level Meetings","slug":"how-new-managers-can-host-effective-skip-level-meetings","published_at":"2026-07-17T17:07:19+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-host-effective-skip-level-meetings","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-0120.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/new-manager-conversations/episode-0120.mp3","summary":"In episode 120 of New Manager Conversations, Lucas and Luna tackle a skill most first-time leaders overlook: the skip-level meeting. Lucas opens with a striking stat from Google's Project Oxygen — that managers who regularly meet with their direct reports' direct reports see 12% higher team retention. They break down exactly how to structure a 25-minute skip-level so it doesn't feel like a surveillance session. Lucas shares the three-question framework he learned from a product VP at HubSpot: 'What should I know about your work?', 'What's one thing the team should stop doing?', 'What do you need from me that you aren't getting?'. Luna counters with a cautionary tale about a junior designer who felt ambushed when her skip-level turned into a performance check disguised as a chat. The episode also covers how often to run these meetings, whether to take notes openly, and how to handle the awkward dynamic when a skip-level reveals a problem with the manager in between. Ends with Lucas suggesting a simple rule: never ask a question in a skip-level that you wouldn't be comfortable asking your own manager in a one-on-one. #SkipLevelMeetings #NewManagers #LeadershipBasics #First90Days #ManagingFormerPeers #CareerAdvice #ProjectOxygen #HubSpot #TeamRetention #OneOnOnes #Feedback #ManagementSkills #Careers #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #NewManagerConversations #LucasAndLuna #ManagementTips Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In episode 120 of New Manager Conversations, Lucas and Luna tackle a skill most first-time leaders overlook: the skip-level meeting. 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