Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

To build a successful career, you definitely need to develop expertise in your field. But when you allow yourself to think you have to know everything and do everything, you’re setting yourself up to fail–plus you come across as a micromanager who doesn’t trust your team. We all make mistakes.

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Career Micromanagement Objective Short-term 104

Lead from Within

JULY 31, 2018

There are, however, some mistakes that are so damaging they amount to career sabotage. You come across not only as a micromanager but also as someone who doesn’t trust your team or colleagues. I am sure you can see how this would derail a successful career. If you don’t have a life, you don’t have a career. Big mistake!

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Career Micromanagement Long-term Objective 92

Lead from Within

DECEMBER 1, 2020

When you lead with micromanagement. If you can’t trust your team, if you keep putting your fingerprints on everybody’s work, if you have a hard time letting go of the details, you’re likely engaged in micromanagement. Leadership is about advancing others, not promoting yourself. 1 N A T I O N A L B E S T S E L L E R.

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Leadership Micromanagement Self-aware Reputation 218

Career Advancement

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

For some, it can sabotage promotions or careers. If you lack trust in your own judgement about what risks are worthwhile, bring your ideas to your supervisor or mentor before you dive in head-on. As an executive coach , Joel constantly is supporting his clients overcome self-defeating behaviors that are holding back their career.

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Delegation Micromanagement Advice Learning-by-Doing 222

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 7, 2019

You also anticipate having the autonomy to do your job without being micromanaged, as well as experience a sense of personal growth from becoming more competent and mastering your role. Tom values people by getting to know all his employees’ names, their interests outside of work and their hopes for their careers.

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How To Bond Cooper Micromanagement 287

Center for Creative Leadership

JANUARY 20, 2020

Or that you’re faking it in your career and just waiting for someone to discover that you’re a sham? Beyond making you feel terrible, impostor syndrome can limit your career and personal growth. But networking can help you take your career to the next level or build a supportive community of people facing similar dilemmas.

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How To Mentor Tactics Micromanagement 92

Career Advancement

AUGUST 12, 2019

Micromanaging your staff wastes company resources and frustrates employees. Be the coach and mentor your people have been looking for, and they’ll be eternally grateful for your support. As a leader know when to step back. Sometimes being a great leader means knowing when to let people do their jobs.

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Quality Leadership McKinsey Training 166

HR Digest

AUGUST 26, 2023

They should prioritize employee development, provide regular feedback and recognition, and actively support their team members’ career growth. Managing by Performance Effective people managers focus on outcomes and results rather than micromanaging tasks. Here are ten essential people management skills: 1.

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Skills Management Emotional Intelligence Active Listening 98

Terry Starbucker

JULY 26, 2015

That is, if you wanted to learn, you watched, or got lucky enough to have a boss that would mentor you. I saw firsthand how that kind of management worked when I started my career, and the way it bred dissatisfaction and a lack of respect. I hated being micromanaged, so it was an easy lesson for me to communicate.

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Leadership Micromanagement Policies Learning-by-Doing 150

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 15, 2016

These eager beavers are always exceeding expectations, are ambitious, and want nothing more than to step all over you to climb their career ladder. This will free you up to spend more time on your under-performers, and other important management responsibilities, like your reading your email micromanaging the rest of your employees.

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Follow-up Micromanagement Mentor Workshop 120

Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 5, 2016

The most significant transformational moment in my career was an act of my elimination. It was lucrative, and I needed my mentor Dr. Paul Hersey to point out the downside or I never would have grown. Maybe it’s the secret of our success? And, it wasn’t my idea. When the consequence is extreme distress, we opt for elimination.

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Hersey Micromanagement Drucker Organizational Behavior 93

Strategy Driven

MAY 16, 2019

Being a business owner is a great career to have, but the position can also be stressful and overwhelming at times. Find A Partner or Mentor. One option is to hire a partner to help you run your company or a mentor who can advise you on how to approach your future.

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Delegation Finance Micromanagement Mentor 51

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 8, 2020

If all you want to do is micromanage them, then you’ll be doing your business a disservice. In the early days of your entrepreneurial career, it’s recommended that you conduct an analysis of your strengths and weaknesses. Find a Mentor. You’re at the beginning of your new career as an entrepreneur. Conclusion.

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How To Outsourcing Entrepreneur Mentor 94

Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Micromanagement Believing that employees are incapable of doing things on their own leads to conflict and tension and pushes people away. Micromanagement only causes frustration and hampers team members’ abilities to really thrive. Micromanagement only causes frustration and hampers team members’ abilities to really thrive.

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Development Self-aware Power Leadership 52

Coaching Tip

JULY 27, 2012

Learning how to not micromanage, not be overly concrete, not fail to explicitly state expectations and other unproductive inter-personal behavior only happens through the increased self-awareness gained in a personal coaching or mentoring relationship. Bottom Line: Leadership development is self-development.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 135

Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

Find a coach or mentor who can help you excel in the transition and teach you what you need to know to succeed and keep advancing. The only message you’re sending is that you’re a micromanager who doesn’t trust your people to do their jobs, and that reputation never leads to good results. ” Wrong!

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Delegation Learning-by-Doing Reputation Motivation 162

Coaching Tip

MAY 1, 2013

Learning how to not micromanage, not be overly concrete, not fail to explicitly state expectations and other unproductive inter-personal behavior only happens through the increased self-awareness gained in a personal coaching or mentoring relationship. Books Business Coaching Career Leadership Personal Coaching Tips Work life'

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Tips Leadership Self-aware Goleman 113

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Micromanagement gets most of the attention, but under-management may be just as big a problem. Early in my management career I was fortunate to have a mentor who took me aside and told me straight-out that if I was going to succeed in management, I needed to become more effective in my handling of conflict.

Micromanagement 15

Micromanagement Management Human Resources Self-aware 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Everyone aspires to have purpose or meaning in their career but how do you actually do that? Here are principles you can follow to find a career — and a specific job —­ you don’t just enjoy, but love. What the Experts Say. “We tend to only get nibbles of what meaningful work is in our twenties.”

Career 8

Career How To Finance Case Study 8

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 11, 2017

Micromanagement never leads to top performance. Hire Some People Who Can Replace You Your efforts to drive top performance are likely to accelerate your career growth. It’s easier for senior leaders to help you take the next step in your career when they know you have someone on your team who can smoothly transition into your role.

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Strategy BHAG Micromanagement Resistance 279

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2020

Even Moses had a reputation as a micromanager who couldn’t give up control or delegate; his father-in-law Jethro telling him “This thing you are doing is not good – you will surely wear away you and those who are with you”. In our early careers a certain amount of ego is essential to drive success.

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McClelland Leadership Letter Maturity 338

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

Micromanaging in a way that doesn’t allow team members to expand their own capabilities. Career Transitions. Leaving a Stable Job to Create Your Dream Career. Taking back the tasks that they have delegated because they believe they can do them better. You and Your Team Series. Is It Time to Quit Your Job? Rebecca Knight.

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Management Self-aware How To Micromanagement 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

I explained it as “multiperson mentoring.” ” Evoking the millennia-old concept of mentors and protégés, that description made it clear to everyone that networks included people who could provide you with advice and support. Those conversations require a deeper connection.

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Supply Chain Mentor Stress Industry 8

LDRLB

MAY 13, 2014

It’s all based on just watching the many hundreds of thousands of businesses that I’ve worked with, the 42 that I’ve personally launched in my career as a serial entrepreneur. They’re left alone, they don’t like to be micromanaged. My very first business mentor, a guy called William.

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Brainstorming Learning-by-Doing Operations Leadership Styles 60

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 9, 2013

I’ve seen this happen a lot – maybe it’s some kind of “nesting” urge – exiting leaders all of a sudden micromanaging every aspect of their team’s work. When you leave a job, it often causes co-workers to reflect on their own careers and lives. Do offer to maintain mentoring relationships. Do give “sufficient” notice.

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Leadership Letter Advice Follow-up 246

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2017

And don’t micromanage. “Ask your rock star to work with other people on the team to mentor them and develop them.” “Ask your rock star to work with other people on the team to mentor them and develop them.” “Give her discretion in how she does the work.”

Management 8

Management How To Project Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2016

In some ways, managing managers is similar to managing anyone else — you need to align their goals with yours, provide feedback, and help them advance their careers, says Sydney Finkelstein, professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent.

Management 13

Management How To Report Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

I’m no different: I’ve spent my career helping executives succeed, either through coaching and development or assessments of their strengths and opportunity areas to identify the development work they need to do to take their careers to the next level. C-suite leaders are at the apex of their careers.

Henderson 13

Henderson Career CEO Execution 13

Career Advancement

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Micromanaging Employees. Because your success depends on theirs, you might be tempted to micromanage the nitty gritty details of your direct reports’ days. Then, find a mentor who models that style. For all new managers, tips and advice from a trusted mentor are priceless. Brushing Off Awkward Feelings.

Tips 229

Tips Management Micromanagement Leadership Styles 229

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Their poor relationship skills and micromanaging? They often feign interest in receiving coaching and mentoring but never act on it. Be candid about career consequences if they don’t change. They can block the advancement and development of your most talented people, who will question your credibility as their leader.

Motivation 8

Motivation Learning-by-Doing Short-term Skills 8

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The next tension is between micromanagement and hands-off leadership styles. When to Mentor, When to Fire. There were many times in my Navy career when, in an effort to prove my leadership, I failed to follow. This concept frequently gets lost on some discussing leadership. It’s easy to get this wrong. It’s the job of leading.

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Leadership Follow-up Planning Micromanagement 308

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

They call themselves “mentors with money.” Martin (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022) Over a stellar career, Roger Martin has advised the CEOs of some of the world's most successful companies. These fads ironically lead to micromanaging and, often, to disaster. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Get real,” warn Nicolai J.

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Books Leadership P&L Blog 368