How New Managers Can Manage Their Energy Not Just Their Time

New Manager Conversations with Fexingo: First 90 Days, Managing Former Peers, and Leadership Basics · Jul 6, 2026 · 8m · transcript

In this episode of New Manager Conversations with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a fresh angle on the first 90 days: managing your energy, not just your calendar. Most new-manager advice focuses on time-blocking and to-do lists. But as Lucas explains, a new manager's real bottleneck is often their own depleted reserves — especially when you're managing former peers and absorbing the team's anxiety. Luna shares a concrete tactic from a senior engineering director she interviewed: schedule two 'recovery blocks' per week for deep thinking or a walk, and protect them…