{"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":"4 actions to break the micromanagement cycle","slug":"4-actions-to-break-the-micromanagement-cycle","published_at":"2026-06-16T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/managing-made-simple-6058120/4-actions-to-break-the-micromanagement-cycle","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/managing-made-simple-6058120","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2378431/episodes/19332062-4-actions-to-break-the-micromanagement-cycle.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2378431/episodes/19332062-4-actions-to-break-the-micromanagement-cycle.mp3","summary":"Follow-up to last week’s 'The Accidental Micromanager' — Lia Garvin explains four concrete actions to stop micromanaging and get your team owning the work again. Learn practical steps to exit micromanagement without chaos, plus how to rebuild clarity, set boundaries, and restore accountability. Episode length: 15m44s. Ideal for founders, people managers, and leaders who need clear delegation strategies. In this episode you will learn: Why re-setting expectations is not a failure — it's a sign...","meta_description":"Follow-up to last week’s 'The Accidental Micromanager' — Lia Garvin explains four concrete actions to stop micromanaging and get your team owning the work…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":944,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/managing-made-simple-6058120/episodes/4-actions-to-break-the-micromanagement-cycle/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-6058120/4-actions-to-break-the-micromanagement-cycle.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}