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Jan 2023
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834: How to End Micromanagement Once and...

How to be Awesome at Your Job
About this episode

Lia Garvin discusses how employees and managers can work together to put an end to micromanaging. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The three telltale signs of micromanaging. 

2) How micromanaging makes everyone less effective. 

3) How to expertly respond to a micromanager. 


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep834 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT LIA GARVIN — 

Lia Garvin is the bestselling author of Unstuck, TEDx speaker and workplace strategist with experience leading team operations across Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Bank of America. As the Founder of the The Workplace Reframe organizational strategy 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, and more.  

• LinkedIn: Lia Garvin 

• Website: LiaGarvin.com 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Tool: Otter.ai 

• Study: Women in the Workplace study 

• Book: Lead to Win: How to Be a Powerful, Impactful, Influential Leader in Any Environment by Carla Harris 


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