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The StoryBrand Podcast

#215: Gary Hamel—Why Micromanagement is Killing Your Business

The StoryBrand Podcast

StoryBrand.com

Business, Marketing

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

You've worked hard to grow your business, so you want to make sure that every little thing is done right. But what if there were parts that would be more successful if you let someone else take the wheel for a change? London Business School professor, Gary Hamel, is sharing why top-down micromanagement structures are suffocating businesses and stifling their growth. If you've struggled to give up control of your business, this episode might just convince you that it's actually the best thing you can do.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Building a Story Brand podcast where we believe if you confuse you you'll lose noise is the enemy and

0:13.9

creating a clear message is the best way to grow your business I'm your host

0:17.3

Donald Miller I'm joined by my co-host Dr J. J. J. J. J. J.

0:19.6

J. J. J. Today's interview is one of those interviews.

0:24.0

There's people that we interview, and I always think to myself,

0:27.0

Jay-J is gonna love this.

0:28.0

And usually, it has to do with the heart.

0:32.0

If Jay-J is gonna love it, I'm over it.

0:35.0

That is not true.

0:38.0

We hate the same people.

0:40.0

But it's usually about like money doesn't matter, profit doesn't matter, we should really just be a youth ministry.

0:48.0

You know I never say those words. I never, especially the youth ministry part, but you know I never say those words. I never, especially the youth ministry part, but you know I never

0:54.3

say those words but I do believe them. No, no, no, but I do push you sometimes in the

1:00.6

area of people. It's funny, our friend Kate,

1:04.3

our mutual friend Kate, is going to be handling

1:06.1

some social media consulting for me.

1:08.5

And yesterday, she came out of the house

1:10.6

to have our initial meeting.

1:11.5

She's going through her keynote and Kate and I have been

1:13.5

friends and Betsy and Kate are good friends and she got to the slide and she said

1:17.0

okay there's just one thing if we're gonna work together the relationship

1:20.9

comes first the friendship comes first and that's it. We will stop working together if that is ever negatively affected and I want you to know that.

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