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New Managers and the Art of Saying No
Episode 7 of New Manager Conversations tackles one of the hardest skills for first-time leaders: saying no to your team, your boss, and yourself. Lucas and Luna walk through a real scenario — a new marketing manager at a mid-size SaaS company who inherited a team drowning in low-impact work. They break down the 'strategic no' vs. the 'defensive no,' why new managers overcommit, and a simple framework called the 'three-question filter' to decide what to decline. Lucas shares a specific study from Harvard Business Review showing that leaders who say no…
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