{"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 an Employee Who Always Says I Need More Time","slug":"how-to-manage-an-employee-who-always-says-i-need-more-time","published_at":"2026-07-16T04:38:45+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-an-employee-who-always-says-i-need-more-time","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-0117.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-managers-hour/episode-0117.mp3","summary":"Lucas and Luna tackle the challenge of managing an employee who consistently asks for deadline extensions. Using a case study from a mid-sized software firm — where a senior developer's 'I need more time' pattern was costing the team $80,000 per quarter — they break down the difference between genuine blockers and learned helplessness. Lucas shares a three-part framework: diagnose the root cause (perfectionism, overcommitment, or skill gap), set behavioral expectations with specific check-ins, and use a time-budgeting tool called the 'two-day rule.' Luna pushes back on whether this approach works for creative roles, and Lucas cites a 2023 study from the Project Management Institute showing that teams using structured time estimates finish projects 34% faster. The episode includes practical scripts for managers to use in one-on-ones, plus a surprising insight about how the manager's own behavior might enable the pattern. No blame, just actionable steps. #Business #Management #Leadership #TimeManagement #Deadlines #Accountability #TeamPerformance #Productivity #EmployeeDevelopment #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #ManagerTips #WorkplaceCulture #ProjectManagement #Perfectionism #Communication #Feedback #Delegation Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Lucas and Luna tackle the challenge of managing an employee who consistently asks for deadline extensions. Using a case study from a mid-sized software fi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":451,"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-an-employee-who-always-says-i-need-more-time/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-an-employee-who-always-says-i-need-more-time.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}