When do you feel the need to control things/people at work?
The need to control everything can be a sign of a low-trust culture or relationship. I'm struck by the number of leaders who share with me how they constantly feel "in the weeds" or feel the need to "always be on top of everything and anything."
If you find yourself micromanaging, it can be a sign that you can't fully trust the people you are working with. For example:
I don't trust they have the experience or knowledge to do [X thing] well for the client.
I don't trust that they will get work done on time or to my standards.
If you want to create a shift around this type of culture, there are three things leaders and managers can do:
1. Set clearer expectations 2. Create higher degrees of interdependence 3. Let go or get out of the weeds to give people more autonomy
All of this can be rocket fuel for increasing trust and psychological safety.
Micromanaging is generally more about the person doing the micromanaging than the people who are being micromanaged. It's generally a habitual way of acting, one we do without even having to think about it. It can be hard to break habits, but it starts with being aware that it's a habit and a desire to change.
Micromanaging ruins everything, it generates from narrow mindedness, insecure, and less competent people. Employees empowerment & autonomy always lead to high productivity, higher accountability, ownership inclusion, diversity in thoughts to tackle the hardest challenges, decision making power & much more. Nothing can be more devastated than micromanaging... When you create a self doubt in your own team,how can you expect positivity,& growth. Where there's no coordination, there's no progress..
Micromanaging is generally more about the person doing the micromanaging than the people who are being micromanaged. It's generally a habitual way of acting, one we do without even having to think about it. It can be hard to break habits, but it starts with being aware that it's a habit and a desire to change.
Micromanaging ruins everything, it generates from narrow mindedness, insecure, and less competent people. Employees empowerment & autonomy always lead to high productivity, higher accountability, ownership inclusion, diversity in thoughts to tackle the hardest challenges, decision making power & much more. Nothing can be more devastated than micromanaging... When you create a self doubt in your own team,how can you expect positivity,& growth. Where there's no coordination, there's no progress..