Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2018

That’s operational trust. There are people who want you to check in on them often, while others call that micromanagement. When people trust each other, the team can move quickly and surely. When people are wary of each other they move slowly and tentatively. Team members should trust each other to do the work they’re supposed to do.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Jen didn’t step in and micromanage, she scoped out a micro-challenge – create a video. While they wanted to give the resident physicians space and freedom to do their best work, the life-and-death nature of their work forced them to micromanage and bark orders. They suggested it was probably 3-5 percent of their time.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2019

One common explanation is the prevalence of micromanagement. Abound in today’s organizations, micromanagement – when pushed in aggressively - can be quite counterproductive. It may be tempting to deny but the cost of micromanagement is rarely noticed by micromanagers. The post Goodbye, Micromanagement!

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

When goals are unclear, team members operate on assumptions, and chaos ensues. 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. Set Clear Expectations: What Does Winning Look Like? Trust, but verify.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

APRIL 11, 2012

The project leader, a young man lacking much leadership experience, provided very little direction, except when things didn’t go as he wanted – in which case, he reversed team decisions and micromanaged. The team didn’t want him intimately involved because of his micromanaging, and so they stopped telling him about decisions they’d made.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 6, 2014

A BossHole thinks that all employees need to be micromanaged for them to be useful. He has owned and operated a variety of businesses, worked for hundreds of bosses and supervised thousands of employees. A good boss knows that good people occasionally do bad things and need to be given a break.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2018

perhaps micromanaging. Lunden interviewed the operators who took turns as hostages, sitting in a chair as live fire tore through paper targets just over their shoulders. Those were the strict alternatives. Trust says that I believe my interests are looked out for without any superintending. The opposite would be shackling, overseeing.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Frame criticism so it motivates people to stretch themselves and not shrink away As I mentioned above, Malaika was one of two co-ordinators who were responsible in managing how this orientation camp operated.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Micromanaging your employees will only lead to frustration and resentment. For example, if the business purchases a new plasma cutter , the person in charge of production should be the one to be trained on its operation and given the authority to make decisions about services, maintenance, and inventory management. . Be A Role Model.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 25, 2019

In part 3, Davey focuses on “what you can do to systematize conflict so it’s a part of the standard operating procedure of your team.” She covers issues that the U Tool can help to neutralize like the absentee boss and micromanaging. She offers six techniques to help you contribute a solution without bulldozing the others at the table.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2025

When you lead results, you avoid the micromanagement trap and instill a sense of trust throughout the organization that helps people accomplish the tasks they own. Company strategies overwhelmingly focus on competitive advantage in the form of the attractiveness of products and services or operational objectives.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 7, 2019

You also anticipate having the autonomy to do your job without being micromanaged, as well as experience a sense of personal growth from becoming more competent and mastering your role. He also gives employees a voice by keeping them informed of how the company is doing financially and by sharing operating metrics.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 5, 2014

Because micromanagement, the opposite of autonomy and the default behavior for many managers, puts people in a threatened state. The “Why” of Everyday Work People do not have just one way of operating. Autonomy at the Front Line Why does autonomy make such a difference?

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 13, 2021

Moving beyond micromanaging. Of course, the researchers aren’t advocating micromanagement or doing the work for employees, but rather ensuring that leading by example is a regular part of one’s workweek. “It This is far more practical and hands-on. Employees thus infer appropriate behaviors and performance expectations.

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Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 29, 2024

By establishing a well-defined structure, teams can operate more smoothly, with each member contributing effectively to the collective goals. 3: The Power of Adequate Leadership and Support Inadequate leadership—micromanaging, lack of support, or poor decision-making—can severely hinder a team’s ability to perform.

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QAspire

APRIL 23, 2013

Quality you deliver has everything to do with how much you own your work , your actions and its respective impact on the other parts of the system you operate in. Downed by things like organizational hierarchy, our fear of failure, lack of trust with superiors, micromanagement and poor management, we often treat our work as a transaction.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It provides clear direction and the boundaries of operation for the troops to carry out the commander’s intent. Resist the urge to micromanage by providing too many details. Micromanaging thwarts initiative and creates dependency on you, the leader. It’s my variation on the concept of a ‘commander’s intent.’

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The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Micromanagement is one of those terms that almost immediately elicits imagery—and the overwhelming majority of that imagery could be categorized as unpleasant or distasteful or “something you wouldn’t want to have to work your way through again!”. When micromanagement is used appropriately, it really doesn’t feel like micromanagement.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 6, 2010

Analyze and Absorb Your Current Position – Just like we “studied&# up in January to know our business plan inside and out, we need to analyze and absorb the year-to-date operating results, so we can make meaningful comparisons (and more importantly, any mid-course corrections).

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 9, 2013

Management must be OK with the team changing the steps, as long as the change goal is met you cannot micromanage the process. The district managers operated under a control and command system and asking them to switch to coaching & feedback was met with great resistance.

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CO2

APRIL 11, 2013

Doing so might reveal inefficient practices (potential benefit), but wouldn’t outweigh the cost of the team member feeling micromanaged (lower morale). Needless to say, this national hotel chain no longer sees coaching as a “nice to have” but as a “must have” in their operations.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 24, 2017

Get out of the weeds – Operate at your level – set a vision, be strategic, understand and articulate the big picture. Otherwise, you’ll find yourself doing the work of someone a level below you, focusing on minutiae, and micromanaging. Teach and coach – Development is an active job.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 31, 2013

If the goals are too small people feel micromanaged. We are working on a 10 month project to change over our IT functions to a new government health system and we need to have it operational with all the bugs worked out in 14 months. Anthony, “Isn’t that micromanaging?”. Contextual Goals Matter. Me, “Not necessarily.

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Brigette Hyacinth

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Sadly, today the company is no longer in operation. Micromanaging is oppressive, fosters anxiety and creates a high stress work environment. Many individuals wanted to leave but because of debts or accumulated retirement earnings remained.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 27, 2024

In contrast, wannabe leaders focus on day-to-day operations without long-term strategies. Wannabe leaders either micromanage, fearing delegation, or delegate improperly. Strategic Thinking: Winning leaders dedicate time to strategic planning and big-picture thinking. They understand market trends and prepare for future challenges.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 17, 2016

That’s because they fail to cultivate a global mindset which means truly having the desire, knowledge, and skills to operate effectively in business today. For example, most of us have experienced both the micromanaging boss and the hands-off boss. Be self-aware. Other cultures are the opposite.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

They spend their time on day-to-day operations without ever articulating a vision. They’re everywhere, it seems, and their micromanagement cuts off all the oxygen to productivity. Effective leaders understand the power of an inspiring, purposeful vision in getting great work from their teams. Lack of delegation.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 28, 2013

These complaints often construct the reality of how the team operates and how the people within the team treat and act towards each other. While these statements may be true, they are neither useful in creating solutions nor in getting the work done. When coaching teams and individuals , many complaints come to the surface.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Stop Micromanaging your Exemplars – You know who the Exemplars on your team are. Whatever the case, smart leaders will dial back their micromanagement of their Exemplars to free up some of their own time to invest elsewhere. Victor Prince: As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the U.S.

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CO2

OCTOBER 14, 2013

They wind up doing others’ work, micromanaging, or processing tons of paperwork. You can have great strategic thinkers in your organization, but if they don’t have much white space, they’ll get bogged down in operational functions. These overachievers have a tendency–a chronic problem really–of saying yes.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Dangers of Distrust Every organization relies on the quality of its relationships to operate efficiently, but when workers within an organization dont trust each other, those vital relationships start to deteriorate. Necessary feedback for improvements will go unnoted and productivity will screech to a halt.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Carlos, her VP of operations, is a bright and solid asset to the firm. She feels unsafe and starts to micromanage Carlos, who then rebels, feels unappreciated, and grinds to a halt. The less developed, the more likely they will operate in the Critter State. He will not make a client-facing mistake. The right to exist 2.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2019

Regardless of their own levels of expertise, effective leaders possess a POV for how their field ought to operate and the right way to perform essential tasks. The focus isn’t micromanagement, but effectiveness. For the sous chef, this means insisting on the exact time and temperature for the signature dish. People Matter.

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Engaging Leader

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Holacracy is a fundamentally different “operating system” for organizations. Instead, employees […] Holacracy is a fundamentally different “operating system” for organizations. Instead, employees self-manage and belong to different decision-making circles that keep the company operating.”

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 14, 2012

These complaints construct the reality of how the team operates and how the people within the team treat and act towards others. While these statements may be true, they are not really useful in creating any solutions and changes to getting your work done. When coaching teams and people on teams many complaints come to the surface.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 25, 2023

When you lead results, you avoid the micromanagement trap and instill a sense of trust throughout the organization that helps people accomplish the tasks they own. Company strategies overwhelmingly focus on competitive advantage in the form of the attractiveness of products and services or operational objectives.

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Energy Micromanagement 131

Leading with Trust

JANUARY 26, 2020

It provides clear direction and the boundaries of operation for the troops to carry out the commander’s intent. Resist the urge to micromanage by providing too many details. Micromanaging thwarts initiative and creates dependency on you, the leader. It’s my variation on the concept of a ‘commander’s intent.’

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Team Micromanagement Goal Strategy 125