Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 29, 2018

This is the micromanager who nitpicks about performance to such an extent workers are emotionally exhausted and anxious. More than ever longstanding and excessive tension is robbing leaders of innovation, creative problem solving , positivity and productivity. Photo by Alejandro Alvarez. This is a guest article by Rosalind Henderson.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Inspiration/Creativity. Julie Winkle-Giulioni of Julie Winkle-Giulioni provided Are You a Micromanager or a Macromanager? Julie recaps, “This table provides a high-level overview of how macromanagement differs from the kind of micromanagement that most of us are all too familiar with.” Inspiration/Creativity.

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Skip Prichard

MAY 15, 2024

And while we think these contraptions are a great invention for parents and babies, metaphorical genies can derail your influence and impact and destroy trust. How can managers ensure they are setting clear, achievable expectations but not by micromanaging?! But in all that thinking and stewing you never actually had the conversation.”-Dye,

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It’s the critical foundation for creating an environment where your team members can flourish, be engaged, and exercise their creativity and innovation to achieve their goals and those of the organization. For leaders, trust is a must. Isolation – There are a few ways we let isolation undermine trust in our leadership.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Excuses are offered at seemingly every turn for anything remotely resembling new, creative, out-of-the box or difficult. Much the same with the separation between micromanagement and empowerment. A micromanager controls every aspect of work performance (the what as well as the how ). customers, supervisors, colleagues).

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 1, 2012

Sometimes theres a theme, depending on the time of year or host's creative bent. Here's Bernd Geropp , from More Leadership, Less Management, with Micromanagers and the e -mail trap. Each month, I'll ask them to submit thier best recent post to be included in a monthly collection of posts, or "carnival".

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Environment matters to productivity, job satisfaction, retention, collaboration, creativity and more. I would add to the Decide to engage point that you should not micromanage. Are you intentionally looking for what people are doing right? Decide to create a positive environment. What environment are you choosing to create?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2013

While management focuses on control, organization, and supervision, leadership is the ability to inspire, motivate, and influence to empower others to create organizational success. Great leaders like to build capacity within a company to encourage others to reach their potential and be creative.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Completely distributed teams working from home mean that you couldn’t micromanage even if you wanted to. Not only are employees happier, creative and energized, but companies that promote collaboration are five times as likely to be high performing. As a leader, you work in the influence business. Leadership is about empathy.”

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Influence through service is more powerful than influence through position.” The opposite of empowerment is micromanagement.” But a creative process that involves the owner, manager and staff (and invites customer feedback) might uncover some really interesting process improvements. Put Others First. Skip Prichard.

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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”. Rather, they possessed a unique motivational profile - a very pronounced need for power or influence.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 15, 2009

And, if they hadn’t we would perhaps not have had the benefit of the genius of Einstein; the vision and technical capabilities of Bill Gates; the imagination and creativity of Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg; or even the brilliance of Michelangelo and Leonardo DaVinci. Reply Gwyn Teatro June 17, 2009 at 3:15 pm That’s good news, Matt.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 25, 2020

A leader’s behavior is the single biggest factor they bring to bear on influencing others. Agile, creative leadership has the power to energize, engage and motivate people to go the extra mile for their organization. Micromanaging leadership. Part of the problem is that most micromanagers aren’t even aware of what they’re doing.

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