{"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 Say No Without Burning Bridges","slug":"how-new-managers-can-say-no-without-burning-bridges","published_at":"2026-07-12T17:11:00+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-say-no-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-0110.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/new-manager-conversations/episode-0110.mp3","summary":"Episode 110 of New Manager Conversations tackles one of the toughest transitions for first-time leaders: learning to say no without damaging relationships or losing credibility. Lucas and Luna walk through a real case from mid-2026 involving a rising engineering lead at a mid-sized SaaS company who was drowning in cross-functional requests after her promotion. They break down a concrete framework for declining requests from peers, stakeholders, and even your old boss — focusing on clarity, trade-offs, and preserving trust. The episode also covers how to distinguish a healthy no from a defensive one, and why many new managers say yes to the wrong things simply because they haven't built a simple prioritization language with their team. No fluff, no theory — just a specific toolkit you can use this week. #NewManager #FirstTimeLeader #SayingNo #BoundariesAtWork #LeadershipBasics #CareerAdvice #PeopleManagement #CommunicationSkills #WorkplaceDynamics #PrioritySetting #CourageousConversations #ManagerTraining #LeadershipDevelopment #ProfessionalGrowth #Careers #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #NewManagerConversations Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 110 of New Manager Conversations tackles one of the toughest transitions for first-time leaders: learning to say no without damaging relationships…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":501,"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-say-no-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-say-no-without-burning-bridges.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}