About this episode

David C. Baker discusses how entrepreneurs often use a central planning model in their agencies and encourages them to adopt a more flexible approach with clear standards and accountability.

Despite the fact that many entrepreneurs hate people telling them what to do, they end up running their own agencies using a "central planning" model. Instead, David encourages entrepreneurial leaders to set clear standards, give staff more freedom, and institute kind accountability, for them and ourselves. Links "Countering Your 'Central Planning' Tendencies" by David C. Baker for punctuation.com

People in this episode

Hosts: David C. Baker, Blair Enns

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• agency management
• central planning
• leadership
• accountability

Keywords

• entrepreneurship
• central planning
• agency management
• leadership
• accountability

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Countering Your 'Central Planning' Tendencies

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