Leading in Context

OCTOBER 30, 2019

By Linda Fisher Thornton Micromanaging is not just another "leadership style." When leaders micromanage, they send many negative messages to employees. Take a look at this list of more than 20 negative unspoken messages micromanagement sends to employees. It harms people.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Control is the opposite of trust, and micromanaging sends the message to your team members that you don’t trust them to do their jobs. However, micromanaging saps the initiative of your team to the point where they stop taking responsibility because they know you’re going to step in and take charge. Check Your Leadership.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It surveyed top professionals from more than 120 countries about the skills needed for effective leadership in the decade ahead. Millennials and Generation Z crave purpose as well as ethical behaviors from their bosses. They don’t try to micromanage or impose their own working style. Employees are expressing this, too.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Author Gary Cohen calls this tendency the “just tell” style of leadership. But “ just ask” leadership , centered on questioning, inspires greater accountability, surfaces innovative ideas, resolves conflicts, and motivates employees to higher levels of performance.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

Effective leadership can be thought of as a set of qualities and skills. But there are certain traits that lie at the core of leadership–the qualities that all great leaders share. Developing the elements that make up leadership is a lifelong process. Decisive leadership avoids stagnation and vacillation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 1, 2012

Welcome to the July 2012 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! If you just happened to stumble accross this blog for the first time, here's the deal: I maintain a distribution list of over 75 leadership development bloggers who I've gotten to know over the last five years. I'm honored to present them to you.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 27, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Why Your Good Leadership Isn’t Great. Do you feel that you stayed true to your ethics and that your decision grew you as a leader in your organization? Good To Great.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It’s all well and good to talk about leadership and aspire to show it, whether it’s in our families, social situations or work environment. To really show leadership and represent everything it stands for, you need to develop a leadership mindset. What’s the Real Meaning of a Leadership Mindset?

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HR Digest

JULY 25, 2019

People are put into a position to manage others as a reflection of their proven qualities in performance, work ethics, and their ability to help others in various ways to improve. Nearly half (47 percent) of managers take up new leadership roles without any training, according to Inc. Empower your team and avoid micromanagement.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 6, 2011

Author/speaker Jason Seiden just posted a “best of the web&# collection of articles on leadership that includes the post I recently wrote about the CEO of Starbucks. posted at Team Building & Leadership Blog: Create-Learning. posted at Reclaiming Leadership. at Great Leadership. Managers Can Change That.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

OCTOBER 10, 2023

If you want to encourage ownership , don’t micromanage. Check out Franks NEW book, Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness on others Are You Doing Your Fair Share? Do You Have a Strong Work Ethic? Keep your paws off. Get on the same page. One of the primary sources of arguments is lack of communication.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 1, 2013

Build Effective Leadership Skills. To maximize our potential in a rapidly changing global economy, people recognize the need for leadership ethics more than ever before. Coach Agno believes we must develop leadership qualities to achieve the success we seek. Free Leadership Coaching Tips by subscribing at: [link].

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Employee pass interference: Otherwise known as micromanagement, this penalty is for getting in the way of an employee or team of employees that know how to do the job better than the manager. Unsportsmanlike conduct: An ethical violation. Here’s 10 penalties that I’d look for if I were a Management Referee: 1.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Focusing on resiliency, Eileen has found great synergy with health care audiences and long term care, educators (as an award-winning educator, she went from teaching kids to grown-ups—who are still like kids), and women’s leadership groups. Micromanage. Watch their every move.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

For instance, who to hire; how to identify when an employee is likely to leave their job; and in appraisals and promotion considerations; and to create the future leadership pipeline. If people analytics does not involve ethical consideration then it could expose workers to increased risks and stress. Performance Management.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

February seems to be anti-bullying month here at Great Leadership. micromanaging. Many of these could almost be regarded as side-effects to high levels of drive and determination, the innocent little quirks of a multitude of individuals currently residing in leadership positions. Of the more innocent you have…. Of course you do.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 24, 2020

The Key to Business and Career Success and as a nationally syndicated columnist on leadership, I share my views on the traits of effective leaders. Always lead with the highest standards of ethics and integrity. Employees want to be part of an organization with high ethical standards and work for a leader that lives by those standards.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. I followed up with the authors to learn more about their leadership philosophy. But you should pick a longer time horizon for calculating ROI on your leadership choices.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 3, 2010

If you micromanage, you’ll have employees that wait for instructions every step of the way and will not use their own resources. To be a strong leader, you need to show an unshakeable work ethic. You set the bar of potential through your own work ethic, but you also have to shore up your defenses and patch up any weaknesses.

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Miles Anthony Smith

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

31 Great Leadership Qualities, Traits, & Characteristics to Master ​ Good Leadership Qualities & Traits Aren’t Out of Reach, Are They? The vast majority of us want to be a great leader. ​ ​There’s no denying the importance of having strong leadership within every company. ​ 1.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Filed under: Integrity , Leadership , Trust Tagged: | collaboration , commerce , confidence , credibility , Speed of Trust , Stephen M.R. Or, How To Make Micromanagement Work For You | Product Management Meets Pop Culture , on November 25, 2009 at 7:01 am said: [.] The act of trusting others and trusting yourself is vital success.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

At work, leaders with higher levels of self-control display more effective leadership styles – they are more likely to inspire and intellectually challenge their followers, instead of being abusive or micromanaging. But what happens when people lack self-control at work? football, basketball, walking, etc.) billion annually.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 17, 2015

Finding, training and keeping good board members is a critical part of non-profit leadership. In the end, even though you shouldn’t micromanage, it is your job as a board member to protect the integrity of the organization. Can Non-Profit Work Encourage a Poor Work Ethic? Ask good questions.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2018

” Researchers have studied managerial derailment — or the dark side of leadership — for many years. Rather, his boss was a leader in title only — his role was leadership, but he provided none. My friend was experiencing absentee leadership , and unfortunately, he is not alone.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Mindfulness has become the corporate fad du jour , a practice widely touted as a fast-track to better leadership. The benefits attributed to this kind of practice range from stronger relationships with others to higher levels of leadership performance. Photo by Joshua Jackson.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

JANUARY 23, 2024

Instead of micromanaging everything that people do, trust them to do what’s right. Do You Have A Strong Work Ethic? Instead of exercising authority and control , secure commitment by involving folks in the decision-making process and obtaining mutually agreed-upon goals. Scarce resources. Low levels of trust. It’s Your Life to Live.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Many have stories to tell about stumbling along the way, about micromanaging people, about destroying a team’s morale with unreasonable demands, about losing a great team member because enough time and attention weren’t given to the relationship. Leadership is changing — fast. The 21st-Century CEO. Or do you lash out?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

But consider the micromanager who asks you to document every step of your calculations so that he can be sure you got the right answer. Consider, for example, research I and several collaborators published in Leadership Quarterly. That in turn hurt morale and left employees feeling mistrustful. Would you feel trusted by that person?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2011

The business books would advise me to micromanage less, delegate more. Important information to have before you judge yourself or anyone else as being too much of a micromanager. These issues a) aren't as academically fascinating to us as corporate ethics and finance, b) are messy, and c) often hit too close to home.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Employees who don’t trust their managers usually point to big-picture, obvious things: Their superiors skate the edges of ethical behavior, hide information, take credit for others’ hard work, or flat-out deceive people. To demonstrate positive assumptions, show that you reject micromanaging. And promote transparency.

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