The Delegation Trap New Managers Fall Into

New Manager Conversations with Fexingo: First 90 Days, Managing Former Peers, and Leadership Basics · May 22, 2026 · 11m · transcript

In this episode of New Manager Conversations, Lucas and Luna tackle a common but under-discussed challenge for first-time leaders: the delegation trap. Lucas walks through the research from Harvard Business Review showing that 67% of new managers struggle to let go of their old responsibilities, leading to burnout and team frustration. They focus on a concrete case study of a marketing manager at a mid-sized B2B software company who spent her first four months in the role still doing the work of her old job—and what her mentor did to help her shift. Luna shares a counterintuitive insight…