{"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 Tell Their Team's Story Upwards","slug":"how-new-managers-can-tell-their-team-s-story-upwards","published_at":"2026-06-09T04:54:23+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-tell-their-team-s-story-upwards","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-0040.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/new-manager-conversations/episode-0040.mp3","summary":"In Episode 40 of New Manager Conversations, Lucas and Luna tackle a skill rarely taught in leadership training: how to effectively communicate your team's wins, challenges, and needs to senior leadership. Using a concrete example — a product manager whose team shipped a feature on time and under budget but got zero recognition at the all-hands — Lucas breaks down the 'upward briefing' framework. He explains why new managers often assume good work speaks for itself, and why that assumption is dangerous. Luna pushes back on whether storytelling upward feels like self-promotion, and Lucas shares a specific template: situation, impact, what the team learned, and what help they need next. They also discuss how to handle leaders who ask 'just give me the bottom line' versus those who want context. No buzzwords, no spin — just a repeatable way to make sure your team's effort doesn't disappear into the org chart. #NewManagerConversations #First90Days #ManagingUp #Careers #LeadershipBasics #FeedbackCulture #TeamCommunication #StakeholderManagement #ExecutivePresence #PromotionStrategy #WorkplaceSkills #MiddleManagement #OrganizationalBehavior #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #CareerGrowth #ManagementTips #TeamAdvocacy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In Episode 40 of New Manager Conversations, Lucas and Luna tackle a skill rarely taught in leadership training: how to effectively communicate your team's…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":475,"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-tell-their-team-s-story-upwards/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-tell-their-team-s-story-upwards.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}