Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 16, 2012

In many organizations and occupations, “management by walking around” and micromanagement have fell by the wayside, either by design or out of necessity. It could be a hard-nosed peer, the CFO, HR, the company attorney, whatever – someone who’s willing to call you out if needed. Keep your boss informed.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

But consider the micromanager who asks you to document every step of your calculations so that he can be sure you got the right answer. One year, the CFO noticed that there was a miscalculation that resulted in a shortage of a few million euros. That in turn hurt morale and left employees feeling mistrustful.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 3, 2019

No one likes to be micromanaged. Micromanagers focus explicitly on the how, which often results in short-term success at the expense of the long-term strategy, overall scalability, and employee satisfaction. Poor leaders provide specificity around how to complete a task but fail to share the big picture, the why, behind the request.

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Simon Micromanagement Leadership Styles CFO 248

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

She started to turn around its performance in year one, but her reporting structure was altered mid-stream, and she found herself accountable to the CFO. The new situation left her feeling “micromanaged,” and she moved on two years later.

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