Ep 32: Christina Pilarski | You Can't Scale a Control Freak

<p>Christina Pilarski is back on the Angry Ops Guy Podcast, returning to the chaos she helped create in Season 1 for a conversation about what happens when experienced operators finally realize they cannot keep being the answer to every problem in the agency. She and Mike get into delegation, leadership teams, client dependency, visionary and integrator dynamics, and the uncomfortable truth that sometimes the biggest thing standing between an agency and its next stage of growth is the operator who refuses to get out of the weeds.</p><p></p><p>The conversation quickly becomes a pretty honest look at leadership maturity, control, burnout, and the strange amount of self-worth operators attach to being the person everyone needs. Christina shares what changed when she stopped trying to wear every hat and started trusting the right people to own their lane, while Mike slowly realizes that a disturbing amount of the advice probably applies directly to him. Same Angry Ops energy, a little more scar tissue, and absolutely no evidence that either of them has fully figured agency life out.</p>