Employees easily recognize micromanagement, but managers rarely view themselves as such.

Here are 6 common symptoms to give a clue whether you might exercise micromanager behaviors.

Do You Lead or Micromanage? 6 Symptoms of a Micromanager

# Avoids delegationBelieves no one could do a better job.

Cure: ASSIGN ONE FULL TASK TO THE EMPLOYEE YOU TRUST THE MOST.

Employees easily recognize micromanagement, but managers rarely view themselves as such.

Here are 6 common symptoms to give a clue whether you might exercise micromanager behaviors.

79% of employees have been micromanaged

48%

# Avoids delegationBelieves no one could do a better job.

Cure: ASSIGN ONE FULL TASK TO THE EMPLOYEE YOU TRUST THE MOST.

# Control-obsessedKeeps sending emails to check employees progress

Cure: USE THE PPP PROCESS TO BE AWARE OF THE PROGRESS WITHOUT BEING

ANNOYING. LEARN MORE: HTTP://WEEKDONE.COM/RESOURCES/PLANS-PROGRESS-PROBLEMS

28%

Companies concerned about employees’ delegation skill

O�ered any relevant training

# Dictate everythingGives exact directions how to complete a task.

Cure: REFLECT ON YOUR BEHAVIOR, TAKE THE LEADERSHIP

ASSESSMENT TEST IN HTTP://LEADSMARTER.CO.

# Control-obsessedKeeps sending emails to check employees progress

Cure: USE THE PPP PROCESS TO BE AWARE OF THE PROGRESS WITHOUT BEING

ANNOYING. LEARN MORE: HTTP://WEEKDONE.COM/RESOURCES/PLANS-PROGRESS-PROBLEMS

MICROMANAGEMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS U.S

WORKERS FACE IN COMPLETING MOST IMPORTANT TASKS.

# Dictate everythingGives exact directions how to complete a task.

Cure: REFLECT ON YOUR BEHAVIOR, TAKE THE LEADERSHIP

ASSESSMENT TEST IN HTTP://LEADSMARTER.CO.

# Su�ers from reportomaniaRequests unnecessary and overly detailed reports.

Cure: USE A PROGRESS REPORTING SYSTEM THAT EMPOWERS EMPLOYEES.

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55% ADMITS MICROMANAGING DECREASES PRODUCTIVITY

68% SAYS IT DECREASES MORALE

# Su�ers from reportomaniaRequests unnecessary and overly detailed reports.

Cure: USE A PROGRESS REPORTING SYSTEM THAT EMPOWERS EMPLOYEES.

TRY HTTP://WEEKDONE.COM.

# Detail-orientednessCorrects tiny details before seeing the big picture.

Cure: MISTAKES HAPPEN, BAD DECISIONS ARE MADE,

KEEP YOUR FOCUS ON THE BIG PICTURE.

38% OF EMPLOYEES WOULD RATHER DO UNPLEASANT ACTIVITIES THAN SIT

NEXT TO THEIR MICROMANAGING BOSS.

# Detail-orientednessCorrects tiny details before seeing the big picture.

Cure: MISTAKES HAPPEN, BAD DECISIONS ARE MADE,

KEEP YOUR FOCUS ON THE BIG PICTURE.

# Discourages independent decision-making

Feels irritated when an employee makes a decision without consulting.

Cure: GIVE YOUR EMPLOYEES A BIT OF AUTONOMY

AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE.

9 OUT OF 10 MANAGERS ADMIT DECISIONS MADE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF THEY’D

LET IN MORE INFORMATION.

38%

# Discourages independent decision-making

Feels irritated when an employee makes a decision without consulting.

Cure: GIVE YOUR EMPLOYEES A BIT OF AUTONOMY

AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE.

of employees surveyed felt managers don’t help them perform at their best.

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Sources:1. Mind-Tools (http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMM_90.htm) - the symptoms of a micromanaging boss2. Wikipedia - micromanagement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromanagement) 3. Harry Chambers; “My Way or the Highway: The Micromanagement Survival Guide”4. FranklinCovey Survey, 2003 (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=102601&p=irol-newsArticle_print&ID=390867&highlight=)5. Institute for Corporate Productivity, Time Management Practitioner Consensus Survey, 2007 (http://www.i4cp.com/news/2007/06/26/you-want-it-when) 6. Accountemps Survey, Micromanaging in the workplace, 2014 (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/survey-more-than-half-of-employees-have-worked-for-a-micromanager-2014-07-01) 7. Katherine M. Wilson; Trinity Solutions, Inc via http://www.bkconnection.com/static/My_Way_or_the_Highway_EXCERPT.pdf The Economist Intelligence Unit, The Deciding Factor: Big Data & Decision Making 8. (http://www.capgemini.com/thought-leadership/the-deciding-factor-big-data-decision-making) 9. Australian Institute of Management Victoria & Tasmania (AIM VT), Employee Engagement Survey 2013, (http://www.afr.com/rw/2009-2014/AFR/2013/04/15/Photos/566a40cc-a59e-11e2-946c-226ab3f0c48e_AIM%20SURVEY%20(1).pdf)10. Dilbert by Scott Adams

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