How to Avoid Being a Management Mess with guest Scott J. Miller

Insight Out : Big Ideas for the Modern Entrepreneur

Episode • Jun 9, 2023 • 1h 21m

Today’s guest is Scott J. Miller, Executive Vice President of Thought Leadership for the FranklinCovey Company, author of the best-selling books Management Mess to Leadership Success and Everyone Deserves a Great Manager, and host of the #1 leadership podcast On Leadership.

Scott is high-energy, unfiltered, and full of insights he’s

gleaned throughout his life. Just as in his books, Scott is quick to use his

own missteps and tendencies as examples of what not to do when it comes to

leadership.

On the show, we learn how his boundless energy and ingenious

ideas have actually created unintended friction as they often take his team off

track and away from the top priorities.

He shares how he overcame this challenge, while also revealing

the importance of checking his ego as a leader. Scott also shares why he

views vulnerability as a leadership competency, tells us the reason he counts

on those close to him to give blunt feedback about how he’s being perceived,

and why he believes there’s a big difference between effectiveness vs