Ep 181 - Confessions of a Micromanager: Overcoming Control Issues for a Thriving Business
We all know that micromanaging in a business can be detrimental to both the productivity and employee morale of your team members. While it may solve and finish tasks way faster, wanting to achieve goals in this way will only cause deeper problems to your company.
Tune in today's episode of the Master Delegator Podcast where Kristy Yoder was joined by Mickie Kennedy, the owner of eReleases, to learn more about experiences of being a micromanager and overcoming it to make your business thrive.
Episode Highlights:
0:16 Mickie Kennedy and what he does as an entrepreneur
1:45 Employing people and delegating to them
3:32 Becoming a micromanager in his business
4:21 Learning and accepting the being a micromanager
4:44 Experiences of being a micromanager
5:33 Knowing the signs of being a micromanager
7:19 Learning to trust your team members
10:43 Valuing character over competencies
11:10 Insights about the AI industry now
12:57 Press releases and using AI
14:42 The benefits of not micromanaging.
15:46 Usual things to delegate and how to do it
17:52 Mickie’s motivation un surviving and remaining in business
20:01 Content that needs a PR company
About Mickie Kennedy
Mickie Kennedy founded eReleases 24 years ago to help small businesses, authors, and startups increase their visibility and credibility through press release marketing. He lives in the Baltimore area.
Aiming to provide small businesses with personalized access to the media and a national newswire, eReleases since then has expanded and now even collaborates with well-known figures, but Mickie's original intention has remained constant. And that is to deliver personal service and exceptional value to every customer, with every press release, at every price point.
Learn more about him here:
Website: https://www.ereleases.com
Website: https://www.ereleases.com/plan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ereleases
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ereleases.press.release.distribution
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ereleasespr/
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/publicity/
About Kristy Yoder
Kristy Yoder, the founder and CEO of SmartVAs, is a Filipino that is based in the United States. She rose from being a freelance virtual assistant and digital marketer to becoming an entrepreneur and a multi-faceted leader.
Learn more about Kristy and SmartVAs here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smartvirtualassistants/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yoursmartvirtualassistants
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/42716347/admin/
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