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How New Managers Can Handle Being Wrong in Front of Their Team
New managers often feel pressure to have all the answers. But what happens when you make a mistake in front of your team—or give bad guidance? In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore why owning errors builds more trust than projecting certainty. They break down a specific case: a first-time engineering manager at a mid-size SaaS company who misdiagnosed a sprint bottleneck, blamed the wrong process, and had to walk it back in a team retro. Drawing on research from Amy Edmondson on psychological safety and a 2024 study from Harvard Business Review on leader fallibility, they discuss how to…
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