Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Everyone hates to be micromanaged! However, as a manager, you’ve got the ability to tap into one of the most powerful motivational tools available to you – giving employees freedom and autonomy in how they do their work! empowerment Drive daniel pink management motivation delegation' It just sucks the life out of employees.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

But what does it take to keep people motivated? Especially these days, when most people are working long hours and have so much to do, there are steps you can take to help ensure your team is happy (and, since the two go hand in hand, motivated). The post 7 Ways To Keep Your Team Happy And Motivated appeared first on Lolly Daskal.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 29, 2022

That leaves leaders still grappling with important new issues: managing different distractions, making information and tools accessible, and keeping remote employees motivated, connected, productive, and engaged. Micromanagement is even more of a temptation with a remote workforce, but if anything it’s even less effective.

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Mark Sanborn

MAY 27, 2019

Everyone is motivated. The big question is what are they motivated to do and why? get the right results with people, you need to understand the basics of motivation to use it effectively. Here are five tips to being a better motivator: Motivate different people differently. They are both powerful motivators.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

If you want to improve your people management skills, you need to move away from micromanaging in the direction of guidance and coaching. The employees in a business need recognition for the work they do; without this, their motivation and, therefore, productivity start to decline. Step Two: Inclusion . Step Five: Recognition .

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 30, 2022

When you tell people not just what to do but how to do it, you’re micromanaging. And few things leave people and teams feeling more demoralized and demotivated than micromanagement. As a leader you’re charged with empowering, motivating and inspiring your people. “Here’s how you need to do it.”

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CO2

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Inability to Inspire or Motivate : Leadership involves guiding others towards a shared goal or vision. Bad leaders struggle to motivate their team, often due to a lack of enthusiasm, recognition of hard work, or by failing to instill a sense of purpose. Yet, identifying bad leadership behaviors is the first step toward transformation.

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Lead from Within

JULY 11, 2023

Micromanaging: Trusting your team members to do their jobs and giving them the autonomy to make decisions is crucial to building trust. Micromanaging can damage trust and lead to a lack of motivation and engagement.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

To be an effective leader, you need to be able to motivate and inspire your team to do their best work. Micromanaging your employees will only lead to frustration and resentment. Publicly recognizing employees for their accomplishments is also a great way to motivate others on your team to excel. Be Clear About Expectations.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 12, 2024

Trust Boosts Productivity: When trust is present, leaders don’t need to micromanage their team members. Trust Increases Job Satisfaction: In a trusting environment, employees are more satisfied with their work, leading to higher engagement, motivation, and retention rates.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Motivate people, don't command them. I find people work harder and are more motivated if they're happy. Don't micromanage, treat people with respect, and create a sense of joining a team rather than a top-down approach. I managed large teams for over 15 years in corporate and have been coaching C-Level clients for 15 more.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

No one wants a boss who micromanages and is constantly looking over their shoulder. Leadership Development effective leadership employee engagement Employee Motivation' At the same time, most people don’t want a manager who is inattentive. Additionally, if a manager isn’t acknowledging when someone [.]

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

For some people, motivation is a difficult thing to possess on the job. As a business owner or manager, there will be many times that you need to get your team motivated. Getting your team ready and motivated to work together is a skill you can learn and practice along the way. Don’t Micromanage. Good Communication.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 28, 2019

For many years, leaders have spoken about the carrot and stick approach to motivating people. The stick is easy to employ and often leads to micromanaging and resentment by employees. On the other hand, the carrot is so much more effective in motivating others. Gratitude motivates us to work harder.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 2, 2022

Many leaders are prone to the mindset that the only way to make sure something is done right is to do it yourself, which is why delegation and micromanagement are often a struggle. But effective leaders know that micromanagement only serves to undermine their people’s creativity, energy, productivity, and ownership.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 3, 2023

Generally speaking, the consensus is that autonomy is highly motivational. They believe that management plays a crucial role, and while excessive micromanagement is not the answer, neither is a completely autonomous structure. Indeed, Dan Pink pinpointed it as one of the key factors in his best-selling book Drive.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 5, 2024

Hopefully, you've mastered or are achieving good progress with your New Year's resolution(s) for 2024. If you need another resolution to tackle this year or haven't yet selected one, now is a good time to review this list below.

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 24, 2021

Micromanaging. Lack of trust is at the heart of micromanagement. Micromanagement kills the motivation of your team members, reduces their creativity, and stifles innovation. Micromanagement cheats your team out of embracing their own knowledge and power that leads to them performing their best.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Here are six ways you can help your team improve their quality of life: Don’t micromanage. Micromanagement is the sin of many leaders. If you suffer from micromanagement, set yourself free, and your team as well. Plus, your employees won’t feel like they are being respected as professionals when you micromanage.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 7, 2023

Here are four ways that a simple leadership mistake can cause those you lead to be distressed: It can lead to a lack of trust and respect: When leaders constantly tell their team members what to do, it can create a culture of micromanagement and lack of autonomy. This can lead to a lack of motivation and a decline in morale.

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Career Advancement

MARCH 6, 2017

What was going on at work that created a feeling of DE-motivation? At the end of the week, Stacy’s list of demotivators at work looked like this: Micromanagement. But now that she was confident in her work, the micromanaging seemed interfering. She decided to list her concerns and then figure out what to do about it.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 21, 2021

New research from Michigan State University reminds us, however, that strategies meant to empower and motivate people may not always work, and can even backfire. This is when we see things like micromanaging or setting specific goals for subordinates.”

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Or you have a new manager who still focuses on doing — they either micromanage their team because they don’t trust them to do it right OR they keep picking up their tools to do it themselves. MOTIVATE THEM. It's because you're not finding what motivates THEM. Leaders don’t do this.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 19, 2020

The best leaders don’t micromanage, because they know it creates mistrust and breaks down innovation and motivation. At the heart of most micromanagement tendencies is the fear that your people will make you look bad. However painful it seems at the time, it’s easier than avoidance in the long run. You live in the weeds.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 13, 2023

To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders? Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2024.

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Rapid BI

MAY 1, 2023

Micromanagement is a very difficult situation at any workplace and it can even lead to reduction in production and a disinterest towards your profession. It is important that this aspect is handled in an extremely delicate manner so that you can continue to have cordial relationship with your micromanager.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 10, 2020

Resulting team member impact: My leader motivates me by leading by example and displaying the same standards he/she expects from employees. I am trusted to get my job done without micromanagement, knowing I can call on my leader’s support when I need it. Confident: Confident leaders value outcomes over inputs.

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Rich Gee Group

JUNE 13, 2014

Persuasion, Motivation, & Coaching. Have you revisited your motivational and coaching behaviors? Are you a micromanager? Blog Business Coaching C-Level Career Coaching Tip Adaptability Coaching Communication Decisions Integrity Leadership Motivation Persuasion Planning Skills Vision' Decision-making.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 3, 2015

This post was recently published on SmartBlog on Leadership No one wants to work for a micromanager. Micromanagers are control freaks, always breathing down their employee’s, telling them how to do everything and inspecting every move they make. Employees that work for micromanagers probably wish their bosses would just disappear.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

They feel motivated to work with others, to innovate, and to strive for extraordinary results. They don’t try to micromanage or impose their own working style. When people work alongside genuine leaders, they become more willing to give their whole hearts and minds to the mission. Empowering others.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Frame criticism so it motivates people to stretch themselves and not shrink away As I mentioned above, Malaika was one of two co-ordinators who were responsible in managing how this orientation camp operated. And within days, everyone in the camp started to notice how Malaika’s partner was changing for the better.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

They can also be more motivated to succeed at their tasks because they feel like they have control over them. It is way different compared to when micromanagement is at the center of a company. Supports a Culture of Trust: Autonomy at work simply means entrusting an employee to handle a task without micromanaging them.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

But “ just ask” leadership , centered on questioning, inspires greater accountability, surfaces innovative ideas, resolves conflicts, and motivates employees to higher levels of performance. Additionally, questions increase accountability without micromanaging. As Cohen writes, “No one likes receiving orders.”

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 2, 2017

We see that you are motivated to succeed. Don’t micromanage us; do encourage and be available to us. Let’s agree on individual goals and then give us an opportunity to show you what we can do without micromanaging us. To Avoid Micromanagement, Minimize Unnecessary Rules and Excessive Controls. Include us in goal setting.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Follow these tips to promote a successful workplace that motivates team members and ultimately drives up productivity and profits. Find out what motivates individuals. Monetary rewards are de rigeur in many competitive companies, but sometimes a bonus isn’t what motivates individuals. Avoid micromanaging.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

You've surely heard it before, but whatever you do in your manager and leader role, don't micromanage. You are likely micromanaging if you answer "Yes" to the following four questions: Do you fear having your employee's mistakes attributed to you? Do you require subordinates to report on everything? Do you think I could do it better?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

MAY 1, 2018

People managers have to lead people, and not everyone is motivated to do that. Should you be curious about what your employees need and you are motivated enough to learn, consider the following: Relationships: It’s natural that your employees would want to get to know you as a person.

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