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101: Being a bottleneck is costing you thousands of dollars a month

101: Being a bottleneck is costing you thousands of dollars a month

FromManaging Made Simple for Team Leaders & Small Business Owners


101: Being a bottleneck is costing you thousands of dollars a month

FromManaging Made Simple for Team Leaders & Small Business Owners

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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Feb 6, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What if I told you that one of the people costing you the most money in your business...is you?
What are you doing to cost yourself all that cash? Are you not doing enough? Do you need to work harder? Do you need to be more involved with the team’s work?
Actually, it’s exactly the opposite: you need to be less involved. Because when you’re too hands-on with your team’s projects, you might find yourself becoming the dreaded "B" word: a bottleneck.
When you have a bottleneck in business, it means something—or someone—is causing work to slow down. And oftentimes, that someone is us.
But don't panic! I have three simple strategies you can use to break that bottleneck wide open and get things flowing again, and I'm sharing them with you today.
 
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Released:
Feb 6, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Being a people manager is kind of the best. But it's kind of the worst too, right? I mean between questions like, “how do I know what to talk about in a 1:1 meeting?” to “how do I give difficult feedback without being awkward?” to “how do I avoid becoming a micromanager?” – it can be really overwhelming. Not anymore. The Managing Made Simple Podcast is your roadmap and compass to help you navigate life (really wanted to say “the rocky waters” but it felt like I was going too hard on the nautical theme) as a people manager. Chock full of fun stories from the trenches, concrete tools and strategies, and thought provoking interviews, the Managing Made Simple Podcast will make sure you have everything you need to be a great people manager so that together we can make the workplace somewhere everyone can thrive. Subscribe today and tune in every week where no topic is too big or too small to dive into. ** About your host: Lia Garvin is the bestselling author of Unstuck, TEDx speaker, and organizational effectiveness consultant & coach with experience leading team operations across Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Bank of America. As the Founder of the The Workplace Reframe organizational consulting firm, she equips innovative organizations of any size and industry with the tools to cultivate inclusive, motivated, high performing teams resulting in higher retention, more efficiency, and better business results. She is a sought after expert in the media, featured across Inc, FastCompany, ABC News, CNN Business, US News & World Report, HBR, Yahoo, and TV News. Learn more about Lia's programs, workshops, and speaking at: www.liagarvin.com