Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

They’re everywhere, it seems, and their micromanagement cuts off all the oxygen to productivity. Never in the history of the world have these tactics caused anyone to do better work. Develop stress-management skills if you need them, and help others do the same. Lack of delegation. Learn to find the best in people.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 3, 2022

When we’re at capacity, we use the one or two tools in our toolbox to manage conflict: shaming, intimidating, or some other tactic. I used to think the pattern was due to lack of skills development. Top leaders sometimes think they need to micromanage because their managers are in the weeds, but there’s a reason—the culture.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We demonstrate that agile organizations possess both strategic and tactical agility. Tactical agility enables employees at all levels to take smart risks, capture opportunities, improvise and innovate as they execute a clear strategy. It’s a common misconception that “command-and-control” is synonymous with micromanagement.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 26, 2015

And her direct reports are close to mutiny with the way she micromanages their work. You believe in human potential and can’t wait to use your new skill to help them develop and become a better manager. You’ve discussed her tendency to hold information too close and to over-manage the work of her employees.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 11, 2019

One of my most read series of posts is my somewhat yearly list of New Year’s development goals for leaders. In my coaching practice, I usually start with a 360-degree assessment and use that as to help leaders identify and choose their development goals. If you can get feedback from others, good for you (see #2)!

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

At the end of the training, Eric committed to let go of more of the tactical work he was doing to empower his team and open up his time to think strategically. Some members of his team had begun to feel like he was micromanaging them and his boss had recently given him feedback that he needed to have a clearer vision for the future.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2017

In my work, coaching leaders at every level through a variety of management dilemmas, I’ve developed three strategies to practice reflective urgency: Diagnose your urgency trap. The result was that her team felt increasingly micromanaged and less engaged in their contributions.

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 14, 2010

Steinbrenner was a larger than life leader, who’s micro managing tactics repeatedly came under fire. Perhaps that’s why people can talk about a man who broke basically every rule in the management playbook (screaming, micromanaging, creating ridiculous rules) with such love and respect.

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

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2012

Bad bosses come in all shapes and sizes: abrasive and insensitive, indecisive, inconsistent and unfair, the micromanager who stifles your ability to perform and grow, and "matador managers" adept at sidestepping every tough issue that comes their way. So, the question isn't whether or not you'll have a bad boss.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2014

The next step is recognizing the specific opportunities and tactics it will take to fulfill the picture painted by the transformational leader. He looks at his leadership team as a kind of sales force, each member of which should be developing a pipeline of opportunities to add more value all the time. The Innovation Instigator.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

To ensure this front line could focus on learning, we eliminated high-pressure motivation tactics, including sales commissions, high-pressure conversations, sales-based promotion criteria, and public shaming. As leaders and colleagues focused on skill development, performance problems were no longer met with blame and defensiveness.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Peers and bosses may even admire your willingness to keep “rolling up your sleeves” to execute tactical assignments. With this momentum you’ll be able to focus on the secondary potential of your deliberate collaboration: to leverage each delegated task as an opportunity for others’ development.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Letting go of anything critical to business outcomes is a challenge, but successful entrepreneurs have all learned to replace themselves – and serial entrepreneurs even develop it as a skill. But as a company grows, one of the smartest things an owner can do is to fire herself from role after role.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. One is simply low agreeableness – obviously, to designate, develop and coach a successor, it’s important for a leader to have a good degree of interpersonal sensitivity to provide the support that is necessary in a high-stakes succession situation. Insight Center.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The next tension is between micromanagement and hands-off leadership styles. Staying humble is the key to developing trust with the chain of command.”. When SEAL leaders had to be fired from “leadership positions in a platoon or task unit, it was almost never because they were tactically unsound, physically unfit, or incompetent.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In the spirit of becoming more adaptive , organizations have rushed to implement Agile software development. Agile software development. Frameworks for adaptive software development like Agile, have been around for a long time, and have manifested in many forms. The key is balancing both tactical and adaptive performance.

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