Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2017

” This mindset triggered knee-jerk reactions to overinvolve herself in delegated work and to communicate harshly by bottom-lining every email, one-on-one conversation, and team discussion. The result was that her team felt increasingly micromanaged and less engaged in their contributions.

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How To Delegation Argyris Micromanagement 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2016

But I’ve found another influence, equally deep-seated, that affects how they deal with others in the C-suite: their earliest interactions with family members and friends. A CEO may recreate dysfunctional early family experiences in the organization, influencing team members (who have their own early family dynamics as a backdrop).

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Self-aware Micromanagement CEO Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

high empowering leadership) or 2) micromanaging the employee and never asking for advice or input (i.e., Instead, we found the opposite: that the more empowering leader actually “compensated” for the micromanaging leader, producing fairly high levels of overall empowerment and proactivity across the teams.

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