Boss Not Letting You Make Decisions?
From My Crazy Office by Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster
April 7, 2026 · 12 min
About this episode
Kathi and Katherine discuss how to manage a boss who struggles to let employees make decisions.
In this My Crazy Office podcast, Kathi and Katherine ask a provocative question – Is your boss not letting you make decisions? They start with a question from someone who has been at the same job for three years and still has to run every decision by the boss. Kathi and Katherine discuss how to manage a boss who has trouble relinquishing control and thinks every decision should be run by them.
People in this episode
Hosts: Kathi Elster, Katherine Crowley
Topics covered
- decision making
- boss management
- workplace control
- career advice
- employee autonomy
Keywords
- boss
- decisions
- management
- control
- workplace
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