How New Managers Can Build Team Culture from Scratch

New Manager Conversations with Fexingo: First 90 Days, Managing Former Peers, and Leadership Basics · Jul 30, 2026 · 8m · transcript

Episode 144 of New Manager Conversations tackles one of the trickiest challenges first-time leaders face: creating a team culture where none exists. Lucas and Luna walk through the story of a new manager at a mid-size tech firm who inherited a group of five engineers with no shared rituals, no feedback norms, and a history of siloed work. They break down three concrete moves: establishing a team charter in the first two weeks, modeling the behaviors you want to see, and using small wins to reinforce the culture. The episode also covers how to avoid the trap of copying another team's…