{"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 Micromanages You","slug":"how-to-manage-an-employee-who-micromanages-you","published_at":"2026-06-16T04:33:07+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-micromanages-you","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-0055.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-managers-hour/episode-0055.mp3","summary":"Lucas and Luna tackle a counterintuitive challenge: what to do when your own employee tries to micromanage you. They break down a real case from a marketing director at a mid-size SaaS company who found her direct report constantly second-guessing her decisions, requesting excessive updates, and even cc'ing her boss on emails. The hosts explore the psychology behind upward micromanagement—often rooted in anxiety or a lack of trust—and offer a three-step framework for resetting the dynamic without damaging the relationship. They discuss the importance of proactive communication, role clarity, and setting boundaries through a 'decision rights' conversation. Lucas shares a specific script for a one-on-one meeting that shifts the dynamic from oversight to collaboration. Luna adds a practical tip about creating a weekly 'trust report' that reduces the employee's need to check in. By the end, listeners learn how to turn a controlling direct report into a more autonomous partner, preserving their own authority while addressing the root cause of the behavior. #UpwardMicromanagement #ManagingUp #EmployeeMicromanagesBoss #LeadershipSkills #TeamBuilding #PeopleManagement #ManagerAdvice #DecisionRights #WorkplaceTrust #BoundariesAtWork #SaaSManagement #MarketingDirector #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TheManagersHour #ManagementTips #WorkplacePsychology #CoachingYourTeam Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Lucas and Luna tackle a counterintuitive challenge: what to do when your own employee tries to micromanage you. They break down a real case from a marketi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":497,"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-micromanages-you/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-micromanages-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}