Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Not only is this micromanaging behavior annoying, it can stunt your professional growth. By assuaging a micromanager's stress, you may be able to secure the autonomy you need to get your work done and advance your career. Micromanagers abound in today's organizations but typically, it has nothing to do with performance.

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Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Considering the changing and difficult job market , the numbers aren’t surprising. In a grand example of the breakdown between management and workers, Hostess Brands recently declared bankruptcy after failed negotiations with its striking workers. Great leaders trust the people under them. Cool under fire. Risk Takers.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 10, 2019

3) Avoid Distracting Communication: Some entrepreneurs will spend a lot of time micromanaging and refereeing personality conflicts in the workplace or engaging in their own workplace drama with partners, colleagues, and investors. One of the worst examples is working very hard on acquiring and keeping small, unprofitable customers.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Without trust, you get nowhere.&# – Jack Trout “Everything in marketing points to the reality that the profitable companies are those that have earned the confidence of their public. Or, How To Make Micromanagement Work For You | Product Management Meets Pop Culture , on November 25, 2009 at 7:01 am said: [.]

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 24, 2016

Indeed, thanks to the transition from managing task workers to leading knowledge workers, being able to tap into the collective insights, experiences, and talents of those you lead has become a critical factor to determining an organization’s capacity to adapt and respond to the changing needs of today’s global market.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Decide to lead by example. The reality is you are already leading by example. The question is – is your example what you really want them to be emulating? It is hard to share those ideas if you don’t see the examples. I would add to the Decide to engage point that you should not micromanage.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2018

He had been surprised and annoyed to learn that his company had set up a new AI-based marketing system that was doing most of what he thought was his job as digital marketing manager at Global Consumer Brands: deciding what ads to place where, for which customer segments, and how much to spend. tyler garrison/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

A perfect example of this is Twitter. In this farmer's market of ideas, we can place our 140-character wares on display, and begin to identify those who potentially see the world as we do. We picked these partners because we believed we could trust them, and when we micromanage, we're saying loud and clear "I don't trust you.".

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2017

You might feel micromanaged or that company leaders don’t know or care about your learning and growth. I see and hear examples of career malaise all the time — in my work teaching and training people in companies, in discussions following my corporate talks, and in conversations with my family and friends.

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Career Micromanagement Organizational Behavior Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The idea isn’t new — it’s well established in online advertising, for example — but its application is becoming more widespread in the private and public sectors. Consider these examples: Education. Typically, the results are defined after conducting market research and engaging with customers.

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Incentives Health Care Education Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2017

You can, for example, zero-base meeting calendars to determine which meetings are really necessary, how frequently they should be scheduled, how long they last and who really needs to attend. For example, by adopting agile principles, leaders can motivate and energize teams, and give individual team members a way to own the results.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2016

To borrow an analogy from our Harvard Business School colleague Shikhar Ghosh, their firms aren’t murdered by the market; they commit suicide because the founders can’t or won’t adapt to the organizations’ changing needs. Often, our research shows, the biggest obstacles are the entrepreneurs themselves.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2016

It influences whether they have close or distant relationships with the people who report to them, communicate directly or indirectly, micromanage or empower, encourage debates or shut them down. For example, the smaller an executive’s original family, the less effort he made in building wide relations with the executive team.

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Self-aware Micromanagement CEO Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2016

It is questionable, for example, whether many thousands of pages of regulations have enhanced the banks’ ability to carry out their core mission of funding the real economy of goods and services for real human beings. There are lessons here for giant corporations and the stock markets they trade on. The entrepreneurial society.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

Companies that delay a product launch until every detail is perfected do not necessarily have better-received products; they can miss market timing and the chance to get user feedback to make rapid adjustments. Flaws are built into Amish quilts, for example, out of the belief that only God can make things perfect.

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Chief Operating Officer Belief Systems Micromanagement Outsourcing 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2012

The first wave of CRM systems got a boost with success stories in an HBR Article (" Automation to Boost Sales and Marketing ") in 1989 by Moriarty and Swartz. For example, salespeople can gain insight into which customer to target, which offers maximize value for each customer, or how to spend time to drive success.

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CRM Micromanagement Technology Maturity 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

I believe that Steve Jobs was among the best CEOs of this generation because he created entirely new categories six times in a decade, and built the largest company market cap ever. Among his many examples of loutish behavior was throwing a chair across the basketball floor during a game. Both were perfectionists and micromanagers.

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McGregor Micromanagement Leadership Performance Review 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

His stress mounted as he micromanaged their work and got “stuck in the weeds” of low-level tasks. As he did so, his stress evaporated and he led the executive team to take a bold step toward expanding the business into a complex but potentially lucrative overseas market. Apologize and express gratitude.

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Stress Chief Operating Officer CEO Micromanagement 11

Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

The worst thing a leader can do is to micromanage the talented people they have hired. Every business, market and industry comes with its own set of problems and challenges. Express what needs to be done with clarity and coherence. Allow people to do their job and excel at it. 3. Focus on goals and getting results.

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Leadership Motivation Micromanagement Active Listening 167

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

As I approach the 10-year anniversary of HubSpot, the marketing and sales software firm of which I’m CEO, I’ve been reflecting back on the decisions I’ve made — both right and wrong. Here’s an example. Target personas go beyond the demographics and psychographics normally associated with target markets.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Enrollment in learning programs has surged over the last few years to generate a global executive education market of over $70 billion a year. They get better at devoting attention and providing support — without micromanaging. Let’s look at an example that shows all these principles in action. Make it a stretch.

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Project Parcell How To Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2016

Set the example. But don’t micromanage, Cohen warns. For example, “if you send [someone] an assignment on Friday afternoon, be clear whether you want him to be working on it over the weekend or if it can wait till Monday. Don’t: Micromanage. Here are some tips to ensure that your team works productively.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Instead, Alibaba is what you get if you take every function associated with retail and coordinate them online into a sprawling, data-driven network of sellers, marketers, service providers, logistics companies, and manufacturers. Instead of micromanaging the firm, management creates the organization’s architecture to run itself.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2012

While these senior executives, 20-something bankers, and mid-career marketers, analysts, and lawyers all knew that they wanted to leave their current roles, executing their plan proved to be a perennially insurmountable challenge. In fact, the most common question I got was, "How can I overcome the hurdles to quitting and actually quit ?".

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 22, 2021

Daily headlines are crowded with examples of hypocrisy, selective obedience, victimhood, projected blame, and a general lack of self-awareness. For example, if you believe you’re going to be successful, you’re going to view your prospects differently than if you think, “People like me never stand a chance.”

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

Managers may micromanage their people. For example, business management time is often greater when sales managers control local budgets and resources, or when they must adapt sales strategies to local needs. Span of control decisions affect sales management efficiency and effectiveness.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Do you need some examples of where a new technology is being used to bolster your business case? Whether it’s online or in person, seek out a group of people (a supply chain professionals group, a chamber of commerce, women in capital markets, etc.) No problem — your network can help. Simply send out an email. and join in.

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Supply Chain Mentor Stress Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2016

For years, the FTC has taken frequent action, for example, when internet companies fail to live up to their own privacy policies or when they engage in objectively deceptive practices. Which is probably why companies subject to the FTC’s more market-driven regime are encouraging the FCC to place stricter limits only on ISPs.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

There's a reason why great chefs visit the farms and markets that source their restaurants: The raw ingredients are critical to success. At one global telecommunications giant, for example, a critical network software upgrade was not only slipping further behind schedule, but the bug density was slowly creeping up, as well.

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Micromanagement Document Telecommunications Software 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

In today's markets, business leaders face a similar challenge: how to pierce through the "the fog of business.". Consider one example from U.S. For example, the doctrine related to helicopters is nested inside doctrine related to the military's network-centric approach to warfighting. How can you apply doctrine to your company?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

So try to avoid all the subtle status differentiators that can make contractors feel like second-class citizens—for example, the color of their ID badges or access to the corporate gym—and be exceedingly inclusive instead. ” Don’t micromanage. King and Pink agree that it’s important to give them freedom.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

For example, if you enjoy connecting with people, you could use that skill to be a psychologist or a marketer. “Spouses, for example, need to know what you’re doing but they may not be best positioned to help you figure it out.” These are the strengths that you want to improve. ” Freedom.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

In addition, the senior leadership team typically does not micromanage their sales teams below. For example, a sales organization may be comprised of three areas that include North America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe/Middle East/Africa. Competitive but Cohesive Team. In one sense, a sales organization is an amalgamation of cliques.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

To compete in global markets, you need global talent. In this increasingly connected world, you can’t limit your recruitment to local markets. For example, if you’re hiring for a project management position, you might prioritize the PMP certification over a resume. This can save you tons of micromanagement.

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Globalization Project Tips Team 56

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

To be clear, I agree with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who recently acknowledged that net neutrality principles have been and will continue to be strictly enforced not by regulation but by powerful market forces. Here, the effort to transform Internet Service Providers (ISPs) into utilities is a cure far worse than the problem.

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