{"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 Set Boundaries With Former Peers","slug":"how-new-managers-can-set-boundaries-with-former-peers","published_at":"2026-06-17T04:58:50+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-set-boundaries-with-former-peers","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-0057.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/new-manager-conversations/episode-0057.mp3","summary":"Episode 57 tackles one of the trickiest transitions for a new manager: shifting from peer to boss without losing the friendship or the respect of your former teammates. Lucas and Luna break down a real scenario involving Allison, a new engineering manager at a midsize SaaS company who found herself still getting pulled into after-work gossip and last-minute favor requests from her old squad. They walk through a specific three-step framework that helps new managers identify fuzzy boundaries, communicate them clearly without sounding like a jerk, and reinforce them consistently. The episode also touches on the emotional cost of role change—why it feels lonely at first and how to normalize that discomfort. No theory. Just a practical playbook for the manager who used to be 'one of the crew.' #NewManager #First90Days #ManagingFormerPeers #Boundaries #LeadershipBasics #CareerTransition #PeerToBoss #ManagerAdvice #WorkplaceRelationships #EngineeringManager #SaaS #TeamDynamics #SoftSkills #ManagementTips #Careers #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Management Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 57 tackles one of the trickiest transitions for a new manager: shifting from peer to boss without losing the friendship or the respect of your for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":572,"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-set-boundaries-with-former-peers/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-set-boundaries-with-former-peers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}