{"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 Push Back Without Burning Bridges","slug":"how-new-managers-can-push-back-without-burning-bridges","published_at":"2026-06-15T04:59:41+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-push-back-without-burning-bridges","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-0053.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/new-manager-conversations/episode-0053.mp3","summary":"Episode 53 of New Manager Conversations tackles one of the hardest transitions: learning to say no to your own boss. Lucas and Luna break down a real scenario from a first-time manager at a midsize SaaS company who had to push back on an unrealistic deadline from her VP without damaging the relationship. They walk through the exact three-part framework she used: acknowledge the objective, share the constraint, offer an alternative. Plus they discuss why most new managers swing between compliance and defiance, and how to find the productive middle. Lucas cites research from a 2023 Harvard Business Review study on managerial assertiveness, and Luna shares a personal story about a manufacturing plant manager who learned to push back diplomatically. This episode is packed with specific language you can adapt for your next one-on-one with your boss. No fluff, no theory—just a practical playbook for new leaders who want to protect their team's capacity while still being seen as a team player. #NewManager #First90Days #Leadership #CareerAdvice #ManagingUp #PushBack #Assertiveness #Boundaries #SaaS #HBR #Communication #SayNo #TeamManagement #Careers #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #NewManagerConversations #LucasAndLuna Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 53 of New Manager Conversations tackles one of the hardest transitions: learning to say no to your own boss. Lucas and Luna break down a real scen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":485,"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-push-back-without-burning-bridges/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-push-back-without-burning-bridges.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}