How to lead employees? Don't overmanage

WKAR Public Media | By Current State

Published August 5, 2013 at 12:15 PM EDT

How to become a great leader? The trick may not be in how much work you do, but in trusting your staff.

Current State contributor Scott Westerman talks with Northwestern University professor J. Keith Murnighan about his new book "Do Nothing! How to Stop Overmanaging and Become a Great Leader."

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