From MindTools.com - Yet another great article about management and leadership.

“”Micromanagement restricts the ability of micromanaged people to develop and grow, and it also limits what the micromanager’s team can achieve….[See the Key Points]“

” You’ve assigned an important task to a talented employee, and given him a deadline. Now, do you let him do his work and simply touch base with him at pre-defined points along the way - or do you keep dropping by his desk and sending e-mails to check his progress?If it’s the latter, you might be a micromanager. Or, if you’re the harried worker trying to make a deadline with a boss hovering at your shoulder, you might have a micromanager on your hands - someone who just can’t let go of tiny details.Micromanagers take perfectly positive attributes - an attention to detail and a hands-on attitude - to the extreme. Either because they’re control-obsessed, or because they feel driven to push everyone around them to success, micromanagers risk disempowering their colleagues. They ruin their colleagues’ confidence, hurt their performance, and frustrate them to the point where they quit. “

Read the rest of the entry: Micromanagement - Learn how to avoid it!

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