Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

I had a great time learning and sharing with the Buffalo Niagara Sales and Marketing Executives BNSME group. They invited me to share ideas and join them in a conversation about levels of work, pattern recognition for sales and marketing. The best we can do as sales and marketing professionals is to listen.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 27, 2019

We dictate vs. delegate, we micromanage to ensure success and we act selfishly to preserve our status within the corporate hierarchy. You need to create a marketing plan for yourself. Part of the solution is to become better contemporary leaders. I think as a class of leaders we have become complacent in terms of how we lead.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2025

They need clarity about what kind of business to pursue within your target markets and, equally as important, what to say away from because it is not a good match, even if they could make a sale. Therefore, to develop and improve your credibility using these building blocks: Honesty : tell the truth and dont intentionally mislead.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 5, 2022

In the current competitive employment market, investing in your employees is not just a good thing to do—it’s the right thing to do. When people feel that they’re being micromanaged or there’s only one acceptable way to do the work they’re given, they feel constrained and unvalued.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Do Not Mistake Delegation for Abdication Leaders are frequently told to delegate, and for good reasonyour time is best spent on high-level strategy, not micromanagement. Milestones, progress reports, and performance reviews are not micromanagement; they are the mechanisms through which accountability is enforced. Trust, but verify.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Instead, Alibaba is what you get if you take every function associated with retail and coordinate them online into a sprawling, data-driven network of sellers, marketers, service providers, logistics companies, and manufacturers. Instead of micromanaging the firm, management creates the organization’s architecture to run itself.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 13, 2016

New products and services hit the market that have never been offered before. Micromanaging. However, you should refrain from micromanaging and trying to control every aspect of a project. Micromanagement kills morale and imagination. On the other hand, creativity is free flowing, chaotic, and unrestrained.

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Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 25, 2025

Case Study From Accidental Manager to Inspiring Leader Deon Pillayi CMgr MCMI is Head of Marketing Technology, Enablement and Governance at Legal and General Investment Management. It elevates your status and creates so many opportunities for you to extend your career, and to help support the development of those coming up after you.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I would add to the Decide to engage point that you should not micromanage. There are a lot of resources for staff development there. I am sure you know this. You need to empower teams and you need to be involved as they start some decision making process. You also have to trust their judgement and support them. All the best, Douglas W.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 6, 2011

Here’s what Jason wrote: For the uninitiated, the Leadership Development Carnival is collection of blog posts, normally maintained by Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership by Dan , about leadership development. Amy has a unique ability to see around corners and figure out what’s coming in the talent development space.

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Brigette Hyacinth

JANUARY 25, 2021

I was stuck in a dead-end job with a micromanager who kept blocking my attempts to move up. The biggest challenge we all face throughout our career is to be brave enough to walk away when we are in situation that does not contribute to our growth and development. The day I left the comfort of my old job is that day I decided to jump.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

For some bravery could mean facing a tough personnel decision or making investment decisions to enter a new market. This requires staying close to the customer and anticipating where the market is going. Guest post from Darrin Murriner: Most people would agree that good leaders are brave leaders. Improve Decision Making.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 25, 2023

They need clarity about what kind of business to pursue within your target markets and, equally as important, what to say away from because it is not a good match, even if they could make a sale. Therefore, to develop and improve your credibility using these building blocks: Honesty : tell the truth and don’t intentionally mislead.

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Energy Micromanagement 131

Lead from Within

AUGUST 27, 2024

They understand market trends and prepare for future challenges. Wannabe leaders either micromanage, fearing delegation, or delegate improperly. They are motivated more by a desire to be liked or admired. This can skew their decision-making and priorities. This might impair their ability to navigate future challenges effectively.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

Developing the elements that make up leadership is a lifelong process. The worst thing a leader can do is to micromanage the talented people they have hired. Every business, market and industry comes with its own set of problems and challenges. Different leaders may have different makeups, different strengths and challenges.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Before his hiatus from Apple, in 1985, his entrepreneurial meddling and micromanagement had gotten out of control. But the years away reportedly helped him develop his leadership style and begin ceding more responsibilities to others. He became less enamored of tech for tech's sake. He blossomed into a user-experience savant.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 19, 2016

Debbie Laskey is one of my go-to experts when I seek advice about a number of business topics, including marketing, social media, and nonprofit marketing and leadership. If they do, they need to enter the 21st century and understand that the communications specialty is just one aspect of an overall marketing plan.

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Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Considering the changing and difficult job market , the numbers aren’t surprising. They gather and develop the talent in their organization, and are able to delegate tasks, and not micromanage. Workers biggest complaints were on-the-job stress, insufficient benefits and low wages. Great leaders trust the people under them.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 17, 2024

Priority Overload Less effective managers (often micromanagers) confuse motion with direction and “busywork” activity and meaningful results. But little time is often invested in developing ongoing improvement plans, habits, or approaches. The Top Five Failure Factors 1.

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HR Digest

JUNE 25, 2023

In the face of the modern-day labor market, ensuring your employees are content and fulfilled is not just a nice-to-have, it’s a necessity. According to a report by Glassdoor , companies named in the “Best Places to Work” list consistently outperform their competitors in the stock market.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 4, 2021

Investing in your website now will improve your chances of survival, employ some professional web development services , and get involved to make sure your website works for your business as well as your customers or clients. A Resilient Marketing Plan. A Strong Remote Working Policy. The Ability To Be Flexible.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 22, 2021

Do you delegate responsibility and then micromanage because you can’t let go? Your advice is that “personal branding is less a marketing exercise than it is becoming the best person you can be.” They view it as a PR or marketing exercise. I believe you can’t develop a first-rate reputation based on smoke and mirrors.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2019

No matter which industry you are running your business in, you will need to ensure that you are offering more value or lower costs than your competitors to protect your market share. Increase Your Research and Development Budget. Keep an Eye on the Trends. There is a lot of talk about business sustainability these days.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 22, 2024

Micromanagement — Like the perception of fair compensation, micromanagement depends on whether we’re giving or receiving it. Most managers don’t feel they’re micromanaging. Here are nine signs of micromanagement. However, 360 assessments of less effective managers often paint a different picture.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 16, 2019

Leaders who understand the importance of collaboration in business have a belief system that everyone has the ability to develop, learn and contribute. There is no place for micromanagement. This is vital for both company innovation and the progress and development of staff. What does collaborate leadership look like?

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Strategy Driven

MAY 3, 2017

Naturally, the quality of the service or product, the success of the marketing campaigns, and the satisfaction of the customers and partners also play an essential role. In the business world, growth relies on a team of knowledgeable and experienced professionals. Organization chart photo courtesy of Wikimedia.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

This means that if you have people on your team that can perform a certain task better than you, it takes away the need to micromanage them. He also capitalized on the mistake to develop new methods that can be used to achieve desired goals. economy was in a bull market. This has two advantages. Be open-minded. It didn’t happen.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Or, if teaching yourself SEO is not something you have the time or effort for – you can simply outsource your website management to a professional company, who you can then trust the management and development of your SEO strategies to. Learn marketing through online resources, or the language of your biggest customers via DuoLingo.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 9, 2018

This will translate to higher profitability and reduced marketing costs. You don’t have to micromanage the different stages of product or service delivery, and you can focus on the things that matter. When you deliver faster than other companies, you can build a competitive advantage and improve your customer retention rates.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2016

Part of the draw of self-managing organizations, like those we explore in our recent HBR article , is their promise to free us from the disease of micromanagement. Before we get to what works, let’s consider what micromanaging really is and what puts you at risk of doing it. How do you avoid falling into micromanagement?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

Micromanaging is a hard habit to break. If you’re the kind of boss who lasers in on details, prefers to be cc’ed on emails, and is rarely satisfied with your team’s work, then—there’s no kind way to say this— you’re a micromanager. How should you prioritize what matters?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2014

To get just what they need, they should develop a dashboard that allows them to monitor business performance – and then have a regular venue in which to discuss those results. Owners need to spell out their objectives, knowing that otherwise the business may end up serving somebody else’s interests. Hire the board.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2011

Maybe you can identify with a marketing professional, an MBA we'll call Sophie, who worked as a product manager in a consumer products company. Here's how Sophie described it: I don't understand why R&D kills so many of my projects when I am supposedly measured on new product development!

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2011

He has declining budgets, repetitive tasks, and an overbearing boss who micromanages his every move. In an upbeat market, jobs come along, new projects emerge, and things just develop under their own momentum. Jim, a communications specialist, is sitting opposite me stirring his second coffee.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Letting go of anything critical to business outcomes is a challenge, but successful entrepreneurs have all learned to replace themselves – and serial entrepreneurs even develop it as a skill. But as a company grows, one of the smartest things an owner can do is to fire herself from role after role.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

Develop strategic leadership skills. His stress mounted as he micromanaged their work and got “stuck in the weeds” of low-level tasks. As he did so, his stress evaporated and he led the executive team to take a bold step toward expanding the business into a complex but potentially lucrative overseas market.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2017

You might feel micromanaged or that company leaders don’t know or care about your learning and growth. Or maybe your own growth and development since starting your career has caused you to change your passions and priorities in life. You might feel stuck doing the same thing over and over again.

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