The art of micro-managing is a delimiting and demoralizing force. I am sure you have heard this term, and may be a victim of it [micro-management] – past or present - but what if you are one; a micro-manager? Here is a telltale sign:
If your communication, written and oral, is so complete (all aspects covered - who, what, when where, why & how - every "i" dotted, every "t" crossed – essentially nothing left to work out so that your managers could simply forward or repeat without amendment or addition) you are likely a micro-manager.
Great leaders make themselves redundant. If you have made your managers redundant – you are a micro-manager.
Inventories can by managed but people must be led; Ross Perot
There is good news for the micro-manager: massive cost savings.
Huh?
You can pay your managers a fraction of the salary because you no longer need them to think (you do all the thinking around here). Even better yet, if you are really good at micro-managing, you can get rid of them altogether and just communicate directly with the front line. The problem for organizations is that when the micro-manager leaves - and everyone eventually leaves – no one knows what to do.
Tell the people what to do and not how to do it and let them surprise you with their ingenuity; G.S. Patton.
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