{"podcast":{"title":"Managing Made Simple","slug":"managing-made-simple-6058120","podcast_index_feed_id":6058120,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2378431.rss","website_url":"https://www.liagarvin.com/podcast","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/0wbl4nf4dmm06h0kvu94thcu1tqd?.jpg","author":"Lia Garvin","episode_count":245,"summary":"Managing Made Simple is a weekly leadership and management podcast for people managers, business owners, and founders who want to lead high-performing teams without falling back into the work themselves. Each week, host Lia Garvin- 3x bestselling author and former team operations leader at Google, Apple, and Microsoft- breaks down the real, everyday challenges of leading teams, giving feedback, delegating, creating team accountability, high performing culture, retention, and more with performance with practical strategies you can implement immediately. Lia’s work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, and Fortune. With Lia, you get real talk and actionable leadership insights that make it easier to manage your team and get better results from your people. If you’re asking leadership questions like: • How do I get my team to take ownership and accountability for their work? • Why do I have to repeat myself constantly as a manager? • How do I know if I hired the wrong employee? • How do I delegate effectively without things falling apart or micromanaging? • How can managers tell if team members are overusing AI at work? • What actually m…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T16:18:48.367318+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/managing-made-simple-6058120"},"episode":{"title":"3 Non-negotiables to hand-off work without lowering your standards","slug":"3-non-negotiables-to-hand-off-work-without-lowering-your-standards","published_at":"2026-06-30T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/managing-made-simple-6058120/3-non-negotiables-to-hand-off-work-without-lowering-your-standards","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/managing-made-simple-6058120","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2378431/episodes/19409122-3-non-negotiables-to-hand-off-work-without-lowering-your-standards.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2378431/episodes/19409122-3-non-negotiables-to-hand-off-work-without-lowering-your-standards.mp3","summary":"Part 2 of a 3-part delegation series. You handed something off, it came back wrong, and you took it back — the problem wasn’t your team. Lia breaks down the three non‑negotiables every leader must set before delegating: clear outcomes, decision boundaries, and verification rhythms. Practical handoff language, a quick checklist, and scripts to delegate effectively without lowering standards. In this episode you will learn: Why delegation fails before the handoff even starts -- and the specific...","meta_description":"Part 2 of a 3-part delegation series. You handed something off, it came back wrong, and you took it back — the problem wasn’t your team. Lia breaks down t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1126,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/managing-made-simple-6058120/episodes/3-non-negotiables-to-hand-off-work-without-lowering-your-standards/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/managing-made-simple-6058120/3-non-negotiables-to-hand-off-work-without-lowering-your-standards.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}