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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.

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4 Ways Managers Cheat Their Employees

Leading with Trust

You likely developed a reputation as someone who could solve any problem that came your way and that ability probably helped you get promoted. Micromanaging. Lack of trust is at the heart of micromanagement. Micromanagement kills the motivation of your team members, reduces their creativity, and stifles innovation.

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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. Leadership is about advancing others, not promoting yourself. When you lead with insolence.

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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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The 5 Enemies of Trustworthy Leadership

Lead Change Blog

Leaders who refuse to accept the risk of trusting others are forced to rely on controlling behaviors like micromanaging, not sharing information, or performing all the work themselves. For trust to be established, someone must first extend trust, and it’s the leader’s responsibility to go first.

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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.