In this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, Beth Fahey sits down with Troy Schuette, expert EOS implementer and former business owner who spent 23 years building, growing, and eventually selling his own company. Troy's confession spans nearly a decade and swings between two extremes: the micromanager who made people afraid to fail, and the checked-out owner who handed over the keys with no training, no tools, and no real support.
The conversation explores what fear does to a leader's management style, why overcorrecting is just as damaging as the original problem, and what it actually looks like to find the middle ground.
His lesson is one every entrepreneur who has ever been called a micromanager needs to hear: the answer isn't to disappear. It's to learn how to lead.

Timestamps
00:00 Welcome to Bad Boss Confessional
06:47 The Roots of Micromanagement
12:32 Swinging to the Other Extreme
17:03 Finding the Middle Ground
23:25 The Responsibility of Letting Go
28:44 Driving for 1% Improvement

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