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How to Know if Your Boss is a Micromanager (or if you just need help)

Let's Grow Leaders

Is it micromanagement or the support you need? One of the biggest requests for help we receive is, “How do I deal with my micromanager boss?” An employee will complain that their boss is a micromanager. What is Micromanagement? Micromanagers get over-involved in their team’s day-to-day work.

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The Messages Micromanagement Sends

Leading in Context

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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Are You Crushing Your Employees?

Lead Change Blog

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.

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Why Your Good Leadership Isn’t Great.

Rich Gee Group

Do you feel that you stayed true to your ethics and that your decision grew you as a leader in your organization? Are you a micromanager? I’d like you to think back to three major or difficult decisions you had to make over the past year and review how did you make them? What was the result? Vision & Planning.

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Five Qualities Genuine Leaders Have in Common

Leading Blog

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. It found that even more than in the past, leaders need to articulate a clear vision and strategy and provide a sense of shared purpose. Employees are expressing this, too.

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10 Penalties That I Would Call if I Were a Management Referee

Great Leadership By Dan

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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May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Linda Fisher Thornton of LeadinginContext contributed Ethical Thinking: Sifting For Values. Linda shares: “ While we may think about ethics from time to time, ethical thinking is different. Here are six clues to help you decide if you’re micromanaging your employees. Find Linda on Twitter at @leadingincontxt.