{"podcast":{"title":"The Manager's Hour with Fexingo: People Management, Team Building, and Leadership Skills","slug":"the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622","podcast_index_feed_id":7871622,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/the-managers-hour.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-managers-hour/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":122,"summary":"Lucas and Luna explore the craft of people management in a series of focused conversations grounded in real-world cases and data. Each episode tackles a specific management challenge—hiring for culture fit vs. skill, conducting effective performance reviews, navigating team conflict, delegating without losing control, or building psychological safety in hybrid teams. Lucas brings the research (Gallup engagement data, Google's Project Aristotle, HBR case studies) and Luna pushes back with frontline practice from her own experience managing teams of ten to fifty. They avoid platitudes; instead, they walk through concrete scenarios like how to tell a high performer they're not getting promoted, how to run a retrospective that doesn't devolve into blame, and how to set boundaries with a CEO who keeps bypassing the chain of command. The show serves mid-level managers who have six to twenty direct reports and want to get better at the human side of leadership—not the theory, but the messy, daily work of helping people grow. Lucas and Luna don't pretend to have all the answers, but they ask the right questions: what do you owe the employee who is good but not great? How do you balance fa…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T04:17:55.133432+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622"},"episode":{"title":"How to Manage a Team Member Who Won't Adapt to Change","slug":"how-to-manage-a-team-member-who-won-t-adapt-to-change","published_at":"2026-06-23T16:45:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622/how-to-manage-a-team-member-who-won-t-adapt-to-change","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-managers-hour/episode-0070.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-managers-hour/episode-0070.mp3","summary":"In episode 70, Lucas and Luna tackle a challenge every manager faces: an employee who resists every new process, tool, or reorganization. Using the concrete example of a mid-level accountant at a regional bank who fought a new cloud-based system for six months, they dissect the psychology behind change resistance — from loss of competence to loss of identity. Lucas shares a technique called 'the bridge conversation' that reframes change as an extension of existing skills rather than a replacement. Luna pushes back on whether some resistance is actually justified, and they explore when a manager should accommodate and when they should insist. By the end, you'll have a three-step framework: diagnose the root fear, rebuild a sense of control, and create a gradual adoption path. This episode is grounded in research from organizational psychologist Timothy Judge on locus of control and change readiness. No platitudes, just a practical playbook for moving a stuck team member forward. #ManagingChange #ChangeResistance #EmployeeAdaptability #LeadershipSkills #PeopleManagement #TeamBuilding #OrganizationalChange #ManagerTips #WorkplacePsychology #LocusOfControl #TimothyJudge #Business #Management #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TheManagersHour #Fexingo #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In episode 70, Lucas and Luna tackle a challenge every manager faces: an employee who resists every new process, tool, or reorganization. Using the concre…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":709,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622/episodes/how-to-manage-a-team-member-who-won-t-adapt-to-change/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-manager-s-hour-with-fexingo-people-management-team-building-and-leadership-skills-7871622/how-to-manage-a-team-member-who-won-t-adapt-to-change.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}