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How New Managers Can Coach Underperformers Without Rescuing Them
In this episode of New Manager Conversations, Lucas and Luna tackle one of the hardest transitions from peer to manager: addressing a team member who isn't meeting expectations—without falling into the trap of doing their work for them. They walk through a real case from a first-time manager at a mid-sized SaaS company, where a formerly strong individual contributor started missing deadlines and producing sloppy work after a reorg. Lucas explains the 'coach vs. rescuer' framework, why most new managers default to rescuing, and how to structure a single 'clean feedback…
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