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🎙️ Podcast Show Notes

Micromanagement is rarely about poor leadership skills.

It’s about emotional regulation.

In this episode, Kathie Owen—private consultant and leadership advisor—explores micromanagement through a completely different lens: the nervous system.

Drawing from real workplace experience, Kathie shares how a well-intentioned CEO unknowingly created disengagement, resentment, and lost productivity—not because her team lacked capability, but because control became a coping mechanism under pressure.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why micromanagement is the fight response in leadership
• How leadership nervous systems shape entire organizations
• The hidden cost of overcontrol on trust and performance
• Why delegation requires emotional regulation
• How dysregulation shows up as disengagement, silence, or overwork
• What elite athletes and great coaches understand about regulation

This episode is for:

• Leaders navigating uncertainty
• Executives under constant pressure
• Teams experiencing disengagement or burnout
• Anyone curious about why “doing more” isn’t fixing the problem

Kathie also shares what’s coming next—a deeper look at how she consults teams to build emotional regulation into workplace culture and decision-making.

🎧 Bonus resources and the companion blog post are available here:

https://www.kathieowen.com/blog/micromanagment-nervous-system-issue

Listen to part 2 episode here.

If this episode resonated, consider sharing it with someone who leads people. You never know what it might unlock.