Stop Managing, Start Leading: A My Daily Leadership Podcast

Meetings are meant to move the needle, not drain your day. But for most leaders, they’ve become far too often, far too long, and far too muddy. Sound familiar?
In this episode, we'll break down why most meetings fail, what they’re really costing you, and how to redesign them to drive ACTION - real, needle-moving action, not endless discussion.
Because sometimes, leading your company better starts with leading better meetings.
Our host, executive coach and leadership expert Antonio Garrido, will guide you through essential leadership principles to help you make that shift - from task-oriented management to strategic leadership. Subscribe to make a habit of leadership development, overcome common leadership challenges, and become the kind of leader your people and your business deserve.
What’s In This Episode:
00:00 Intro
02:10 Antonio’s Solutions-Oriented Leadership
04:53 What Is a Leader’s Job?
06:15 What a ‘Typical’ Meeting Looks Like
08:47 Agenda Items - Statements vs Questions
11:30 Changing Agenda Items to Questions
12:10 Examples of Good vs Bad Agenda Item
17:11 The Impact of Question-Based Agenda Items
19:42 Take the Leadership Insights Scorecard
23:03 William Kahn’s Employee Engagement Theory
26:40 Beck’s Cognitive Behavioral Triangle
28:00 Essential Questions for Productive Meetings
29:30 Your 30-Day Meeting Improvement Challenge
34:37 Outro

Leadership Resources For You:
Take our Leadership Insights Scorecard (size up your leadership skills with our simple scorecard for CEOs, executive leaders, and business owners): https://www.mydailyleadership.com/res...
Grab a copy of the My Daily Leadership book: https://www.mydailyleadership.com/book

Where To Go Next:
Antonio’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniogarrido/
My Daily Leadership’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mydailyleadership
My Daily Leadership’s Website: https://www.mydailyleadership.com
My Daily Leadership’s TikTok:   / mydailyleadership  

Who We Are:
We're My Daily Leadership. Most leaders we work with aren’t short on ambition - they’re short on clarity. They know their business won’t grow unless they do, but figuring out how to grow - intentionally, sustainably, and in a way that actually fits their reality - is where things stall. That’s where we come in. We work with ambitious CEOs, executive leaders, and business owners to build the mindset, habits, clarity, and leadership capability they need to get out of their own way - so their business can finally move forward. Not once a year. Not once a quarter. But every day - in ways that actually move the needle for you, your people, and your business.

Creating the world’s best leaders one day at a time.

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Micromanaging doesn’t always look like control. Sometimes it looks like excess care. Leaders sitting in on meetings they don’t need to be in. Reviewing work that doesn’t need their input. Approving things that their team is more than capable of owning. It all feels helpful - until it isn’t.

In this episode of Stop Managing, Start Leading, I'm digging into what micromanagement really is, why it’s so common in high performers, and how to shift into a leadership style that builds trust without letting go of standards. I'll break down the quiet habits that kill productivity, the perfectionism that hides behind control, and the mindset shift that frees up your time and empowers your team to lead without you.

If you’re constantly stuck in the details and feel like your team can’t move without your involvement, I'm hoping that you'll find something here that will show you a better way to lead, one that actually makes room for strategy, clarity, and growth.

I’m Antonio and in this episode, I’ll be your leadership coach. I'll guide you through essential leadership models to help you understand the differences between leadership and management. Subscribe for weekly Stop Managing, Start Leading podcast episodes to make a habit of leadership development, overcome common leadership challenges, and become the kind of leader your people and your business deserve.

Insight isn’t about knowing more; it’s about seeing things for the way they are, not from a CEO's high horse.
If you want to lead your team to real results, stop chasing complexity. The biggest breakthroughs often come from the simplest shifts: in strategy, perspective, and execution.

In this episode of Stop Managing, Start Leading, I'll unpack how smart leaders use clarity and insight to cut through the noise. Drawing inspiration from the game of chess, we’ll explore how simplifying your approach can sharpen decision-making, improve workload management, and boost team performance.
Because having real insight - into your business, your people, and your blind spots - changes everything. From performance analysis and company projection to listening skills and meaningful recognition, this episode is packed with tools to help you lead with precision and power.

Forget doing more. Start seeing more. Then lead like it.

I’m Antonio and in this episode, I’ll be your leadership coach. I'll guide you through essential leadership models to help you understand the differences between leadership and management. Subscribe for weekly Stop Managing, Start Leading podcast episodes to make a habit of leadership development, overcome common leadership challenges, and become the kind of leader your people and your business deserve.

Motivate your team by fixing the one invisible issue that’s draining their energy: lack of visibility.

In this episode of Stop Managing, Start Leading, we unpack a mind-blowing LEGO Bionicle study from Dan Ariely that reveals why so much work feels pointless, and what great, gorgeous, grand, and gleaming leaders (like you) do differently.
If your team’s burning out, disengaging, or just going through the motions, it might not be a performance problem.
It might be a visibility problem.
You’ll learn six sharp, practical questions every leader should be asking, plus how to build motivation, momentum, and meaning back into the day-to-day.
Whether you’re running a startup or leading a global team, this is your cheat code to building commitment, chemistry, and a culture that lasts.

I’m Antonio and in this episode, I’ll be your leadership coach. I'll guide you through essential leadership models to help you understand the differences between leadership and management. Subscribe for weekly Stop Managing, Start Leading podcast episodes to make a habit of leadership development, overcome common leadership challenges, and become the kind of leader your people and your business deserve.

Leadership is a juggling act, but four activities keep the whole thing from crashing down: coaching, managing, training, and mentoring.

What do they actually look like in practice (outside of buzzwords and boardrooms)? This episode unpacks the messy, real-world version of those roles, and why getting them right is key to futureproofing your people, your leadership, and your business. Turns out, knowing when to lead, when to manage, and when to get out of the way might just be your most underrated skill.

I’m Antonio and in this episode, I’ll be your leadership coach. I'll guide you through essential leadership models to help you understand the differences between leadership and management. Subscribe for weekly Stop Managing, Start Leading podcast episodes to make a habit of leadership development, overcome common leadership challenges, and become the kind of leader your people and your business deserve.