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4 Ways Managers Cheat Their Employees

Leading with Trust

As a manager you may have never thought of it this way, but there are times when you cheat your employees. Here are four common ways manager’s cheat their team members: 1. Here are four common ways manager’s cheat their team members: 1. Micromanaging. Lack of trust is at the heart of micromanagement.

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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

Of course, part of that entailed reestablishing the company’s reputation for cutting-edge technology. Doesn’t micromanaging and process smother creativity? You do that by setting up structures that notice, encourage, and develop innovative ideas and practices. But there was much more than that. It’s a campaign—not a quick fix.

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How to Morph Your Soul-Sucking Manager into a Source of Inspiration Pt. II

Lead Change Blog

If you’re uninspired at work, your manager could be the reason. In this post, I want to focus on converting those troublesome managers from a source of inspiration drain to an inspiration vein. Perhaps your work and enthusiasm for it could even inspire him/her to be a better manager. Here’s how: Amp up their advocacy.

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Your Leadership is Toxic When You Do This

Lead from Within

When you lead with micromanagement. If you can’t trust your team, if you keep putting your fingerprints on everybody’s work, if you have a hard time letting go of the details, you’re likely engaged in micromanagement. If you can’t manage your own emotions, it’s hard to persuade others to have faith in you.

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Mastering your Inner Game of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

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”. And they do it by developing their emotional maturity and self-control while actively engaging others.

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How to Immediately Spot a Bad Leader

Lead from Within

The micromanaging leader. A micromanager feels they have to do everything themselves, or control they manner and timing of every team member’s work, to make sure it’s done their way. If any of your leaders display these traits, it’s important to develop a strategy for dealing with them.

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5 Signs You Have Fallen Out of Favor with Your Boss

Lead from Within

Let your boss know that you want to grow and develop and do more than you are doing now. There’s only one thing worse than constant micromanaging feedback, and that’s not getting any feedback at all. Your boss is always micromanaging instead of trusting your judgment. What to do: Become your own advocate.