Breaking Free Micromanagement – How Business Owners Can Escape the Cycle and Get Their Time Back Without Losing Control

Hello and welcome to Episode 177 of the People Powered Business Podcast.

Recently I asked for some feedback on a question and I was really surprised by a common theme that kept popping up – that business owners feel trapped in a cycle of micromanaging their people, and aren’t sure how else to get their team to perform.

We have chatted about The Curse of Micromanagement previously in Episode 162, where we unpacked why micromanagement is bad for business, you can listen to that episode here - https://www.peoplepoweredbusiness.com.au/blog/micromanaging

But what became clear to me reading the feedback was that these business owners knew how bad micromanagement was for them, their team, and their businesses, but they weren’t sure how to get out of the cycle.

So today we’re looking at what are the alternatives? If micromanagement is just one way to manage, one leadership styles, what are the other styles and which ones could we ‘try on’ instead.

Then we unpacked why people are feeling like they need to micromanage, and being so trapped in the cycle, and finally I share 5 effective strategies to help you break free from micromanagement.

I’d love to hear about whether you struggle with micromanagement, and how you went trying out these strategies to break free, so I’d love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, HR Support for Australian Businesses, so I can learn more about what’s working for you and any challenges you might be having.

Join Here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/hrsupportaustralia