{"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 Rebuild Trust After a Mistake","slug":"how-new-managers-can-rebuild-trust-after-a-mistake","published_at":"2026-07-16T17:08:00+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-rebuild-trust-after-a-mistake","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-0118.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/new-manager-conversations/episode-0118.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle a subject every new manager eventually faces: making a significant mistake and then having to rebuild trust with the team. They break down a real-world scenario: a first-time manager at a mid-sized B2B software company shared incorrect quarterly targets during a team all-hands, causing confusion and frustration. The discussion walks through the three-step repair process — owning the error fully without deflection, communicating the correction transparently, and then systematically restoring credibility through consistent follow-through. Lucas cites research from CEB (now Gartner) showing that trust recovery after a public mistake takes an average of seven to nine interactions before team confidence returns to baseline. They contrast hollow 'I'm sorry' leadership with concrete repair actions, and Luna shares a personal anecdote about a manager who rebuilt her trust by sending a detailed written recap of what went wrong and the new safeguards put in place. The episode closes with a brief, natural pitch for listener support, tying the value of candid leadership conversations to the show's ad-free model. #NewManagers #LeadershipBasics #TrustRebuilding #MistakeRepair #CareerAdvice #ManagementSkills #FirstTimeManager #TeamTrust #Accountability #VulnerableLeadership #CEBResearch #Gartner #B2BSoftware #Transparency #Credibility #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Careers Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle a subject every new manager eventually faces: making a significant mistake and then having to rebuild trust with th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":504,"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-rebuild-trust-after-a-mistake/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-rebuild-trust-after-a-mistake.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}