Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 26, 2022

Micromanagement. And here’s the thing, the other person decides if you’re micromanaging. But the reality is, if the person you’re leading or managing thinks you […]. But the reality is, if the person you’re leading or managing thinks you […].

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Understanding these leadership pitfalls is essential for fostering a thriving workplace where top talent can excel and feel valued. As an executive leadership coach, I’ve seen how leadership behaviors impact team dynamics. Constant oversight and control erode autonomy and creativity, leading to frustration and disengagement.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 11, 2025

Mindset - how a person thinks - what they value - how they view the world around them - how they do the work - belief in the mission - belief in their team and leadership form the foundation of performance. Ignore these facts, and you will waste resources on poor hiring, ineffective training, and endless micromanagement. Sad but true.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 1, 2025

Furthermore, when organizations promote star performers into people management, they create a perfect storm where technical expertise collides with human complexity. As a globally recognized executive leadership coach, I transform organizational excellence through pioneering partnerships with C-suite leaders.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 1, 2014

This post recently appeared in SmartBlog on Leadership : There’s a LOT of advice out there on leadership and management – almost as much as you’ll find on dating, careers, and how to raise your kids. However, I’d recommend running away as far as you can from the following pearls of leadership & management wisdom: 1.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 25, 2024

Micromanaging is the fastest way to demoralize your team and stifle productivity. However, one common obstacle severely undermines this synergy… Micromanagement kills team morale. However, one common obstacle severely undermines this synergy… Micromanagement kills team morale.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

” In my work as an executive leadership coach, I have guided leaders through understanding how their language shapes their teams. It Fails to Inspire Great leadership inspires action. Lead From Within: Emotional intelligence is key to effective leadership. ” This kind of language inspires hope and a sense of purpose.

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 15, 2014

I managed large teams for over 20 years in corporate and have been coaching C-Level clients for 14 more. During this time, I’ve probably run into every scenario a manager can experience. Translate upper management’s vague directives into things your team can understand and take action on. Never b t your staff.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 12, 2014

What is managing up and why is it so important? Managing up means establishing and maintaining a positive and productive relationship with you manager so that your managers needs are met and you get what you need from your manager. managing up managing your boss micromanaging'

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Next Level Blog

MAY 29, 2019

If dealing with a micromanager for a boss isn’t the number one complaint I hear from high potential leaders, then it’s certainly in the top three. Pretty much every leader I’ve ever coached or spoken to has worked for a micromanager at least once in their career. Remember, leadership rocks roll downhill.) Who is their boss?

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Ask any group about the skills of the best managers and leaders, and they will never include micromanagement on the list. And yet, everyone knows what micromanagement is and has experienced it and its negative consequences. The post Resisting Micromanagement appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

How can you bridge the gap and turn Gen Z into one of your biggest workplace assets instead of a management challenge? 41:48] The #1 Leadership Skill for Managing Gen Z Successfully The key to leading Gen Z well isnt about micromanaging or forcing them to conformits about coaching them through self-awareness and trade-offs.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

If you’ve ever worked for a micromanager, you know how awful and how it can be. Micromanagers have a hard time trusting others to make decisions and rarely allow others to act independently, while true leaders are all about trust and autonomy. Micromanagers don’t want anything going in or out without their approval.

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Lead from Within

JULY 25, 2019

To work under a leader who is a micromanager can be very difficult. I have found that the only way to survive a micromanaging leader is to understand why they do what they do. Here are some of the most common reasons leaders resort to micromanaging—and what you can do to alleviate the pressure: Power. Insecurity.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Here are five proven leadership capabilities that consistently deliver measurable results: The Harmful Effects of Gossiping Gossiping may seem like a minor issue, but it is a significant driver of distrust and division. The Dangers of Micromanaging Micromanaging doesnt just stunt team growthit drives high-performers to quit.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

Welcome to the May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Marcia Reynolds of Covisioning Transformational Leadership provided Stop Saying Stupid Things.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

If your boss is a micromanager—the kind who wants to maintain as much control over you as they can—you know how frustrating and irritating it is. Use them to start an effective dialogue that can result in more autonomy and less micromanagement: I’m going to do everything in my power to make you look good. I value your guidance.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

I often hear from relatively senior managers that their even more senior managers constantly expect them to have detailed answers for any question that might pop into mind. You may have experienced this problem with your manager. How do you break this cycle of micromanagement? Your manager doesn’t trust you.

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Career Advancement

OCTOBER 8, 2018

How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything—for better or for worse.”. Client Julie says: I’ve just accepted a job as manager of my department. I want to successfully navigate this new leadership role. Coach Joel answers: Becoming a manager probably marks a dramatic shift from your previous role.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 21, 2023

If your managers of managers are struggling to hold their teams accountable, dig a level deeper into the root cause This Asking for a Friend question came in from a manager of managers in one of our executive development programs. I’ve got a manager of managers on my team, let’s call her “Sue.”

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Whether you are starting your career as a manager or you are looking to develop in a position, there is always something to learn. Management is a skill set, but it’s also a practice; the more you manage, the better at it you become. As a manager, it’s your job to include everyone. . Step Four: Empathy .

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 6, 2014

Guest post from Dr. Greg Alston : “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” - Peter Drucker This quote by one of the most respected management theorists of the last 100 years crystallizes the essence of how to determine whether someone is a good leader or not.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

No one wants a boss who micromanages and is constantly looking over their shoulder. At the same time, most people don’t want a manager who is inattentive. It never looks good when a manager doesn’t seem to have an idea of what their employees are working on. Additionally, if a manager isn’t acknowledging when someone [.]

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 22, 2014

Posted in Leadership Development [link] [This blog post is based on concepts from Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: Getting Good People to Stay by Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans.] Veronika, a manager in a global drug research and development company, woke up one morning and recognized that 20 [.] Or do you tend to yield?

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The greatest threat to your organization’s success isn’t your competitionit’s your leadership style driving top talent out the door. As I challenge C-suite executives through talent retention transformations, one truth remains constant: leadership behavior, not compensation, determines whether top performers stay or leave.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 28, 2013

Originally posted at Smartblog on Leadership 5/23/2013: Can a manager be an effective coach? Then again, a lot of managers think they are already coaching when what they are really doing is a lot of teaching, advising and telling — or, worst case, micromanaging (think Pointy Haired Boss from “Dilbert” ). O = options.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Unfortunately, when it comes to the workplace, there are no management referees. Managers get away with all kinds of fouls, with little or no consequences. What if we created a new job called a “Management Referee”? Here’s 10 penalties that I’d look for if I were a Management Referee: 1.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I have observed and encountered toxic behaviors in many people who are leaders. What some leaders misunderstand is that leadership is not about exerting control or authority; it’s about guiding, inspiring, and elevating others to achieve collective goals.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

This past summer, my daughter Malaika worked at her first summer job, which also happened to be her first time in a true leadership role. And this effort reveals the first critical leadership trait: our ability to grow as leaders is dependent on our willingness to get feedback from those we lead [ Share on Twitter ].

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 18, 2023

During a workshop designed to identify Moose-on-the-Table issues, Jon was surprised by the very clear and strong feedback from his organization that his management group weren’t acting as a team. At their next management meeting, he “read them the riot act.” The manager dominates meetings and most conversations.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The titles listed below—published in 2022—reflect a need to get realigned with solid leadership practices and thinking. Covey (Simon & Schuster, 2022) We have a leadership crisis today, where even though our world has changed drastically, our leadership style has not. People don’t want to be managed; they want to be led.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 11, 2019

However, there do seem to be leadership gaps that come up more frequently than others, and that’s what I base my yearly lists on. Define my personal leadership vision: - Google “what is leadership”, “leadership”, “qualities of a leader”, etc. Read at least one good leadership book. and read at least 6 articles.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 25, 2020

People who study leadership theory learn about numerous styles of leadership: autocratic, democratic, strategic, transformational—on and on. But whatever theory you subscribe to—or if you’re a self-taught leader who doesn’t believe in theories—there are some styles of leadership that are always detrimental. Absent leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 5, 2019

Welcome to the March Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, productivity, development, engagement, team-building, and more. Shelley Row of Insightful Leadership shared Who’s Here? Communication. Development.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2020

They provide a unique window on the impact overly controlling, self-centered leadership styles can have on others: “Regarding the letter you sent, the heart of your servant is ill, when my lord said: Don’t you know how to read a letter? What are the enduring qualities of great leadership?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 7, 2023

Micromanaging. When co-workers, managers, and their subordinates lose respect for one another, it negatively impacts their work and the work of the people around them. Some organizations respond with well-meaning exhortations to “just get along,” or they encourage private chats with human resources or senior management.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Your style of leadership is important to every element of your team’s success. Toxic leadership happens at every level in every type of organization, leaving employees, teams and organizations demoralized and ineffective. If your leadership is based on a sense of self-importance, it is likely causing negativity.

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