Micromanage What Actually Matters

The Business of Alignment - Powered by The E1B2 Collective · Mar 18, 2026 · 3m

Ego and micromanagement get a bad reputation, and honestly, most of the time, it’s deserved. But what if the issue isn’t that leaders micromanage… It’s what they choose to micromanage?

In this episode of The Business of Alignment, AJ flips the narrative. Instead of suffocating teams or controlling every task, he challenges leaders to redirect that instinct toward the things that actually drive performance: enabling top talent, tightening alignment, strengthening team structures, and obsessing over the systems that create consistent, predictable success.

This is a conversation about discipline…