No Bullsh!t Leadership SOLVED! 9 Leadership Problems You’ll Face This Year
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Nov 11, 2025 Leaders face recurring challenges that evolve with growth. Discover effective strategies for surviving toxic bosses and managing micromanagement without conflict. Learn how to shorten overthinking after tough situations and maintain priority agreements when new tasks emerge. Address career-blinding blind spots while cultivating informal trusted advisors. Stop being the bottleneck in business by stepping back and allowing growth. Gain tips for giving feedback to sensitive team members and requesting guidance from hands-off managers.
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Confront Micromanagement With Questions
- Ask direct, non-confrontational questions to a micromanaging boss to surface trust issues.
- Ask, "What do I need to do to get you to trust me?" and use their answer to reset boundaries.
Use A Time-Boxed Postmortem
- Do a time-boxed postmortem after stressful events to stop rumination.
- Spend a fixed hour with a trusted advisor to identify improvements and then move on.
Defend Priorities With Value Ranking
- Keep your agreed priorities as the Bible and value-rank new requests against them.
- Ask how a new task fits the value ranking so you can re-prioritise instead of just saying no.