Trying to curb your tendency to micromanage? Here are four tips to help you and your employees stop micromanaging before it starts.
A friend and colleague of mine, Jennifer Palus, is an admitted micromanager. She wrote me recently with some thoughts about the urge to micromanage. She believes that her subordinates can trigger her micromanager tendencies through certain behaviors.
“My micro manager tendencies can lie dormant for long periods of time; they are awakened by several behaviors,” she says. Below, she discusses a few common triggers and some ways you can work with your employees to help you both avoid the micromanagement cycle before it starts.
Lack of inclusion
Employees that wait to tell you that they have changed the plan until it’s too late to disagree or react.
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