Lead Change Blog

MARCH 5, 2019

’ This is not leadership; it’s a lack of leadership – and micromanaging too.” Ken Downer of Rapid Start Leadership shared Learning to Fly: Innovation, Risk, and Leadership in the Real World. Jesse Stoner of Seapoint Center provided 6 Tips for First-Time Managers. ” Follow Joel on Twitter at @JoelGarfinkle.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

In an attempt to expedite progress, you may be tempted to take complete control, micromanaging every aspect and excluding your team from important decisions. Risk-Taking: Taking calculated risks is essential for growth and innovation, but going to extremes can lead to detrimental outcomes.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I’ve learned the tips I’m about to share the hard way by attempting to lead creatives – and attempting to lead myself. Once the end product is defined, creatives like limited micromanagement and maximum empowerment. This principle is true for me also. I used to think I wanted and needed to be led with no boundaries.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

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.” Find David on Twitter at @davidmdye. Resilience.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2012

So how do we balance that talent so we don’t lose our best chance at creating an innovative solution or approach? But once you deliver those directions, don’t micromanage them on how it has to get done. There is a fine line between being a person who requires little oversight and being a rogue employee who thinks they know everything.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 6, 2011

Innovation is a challenge because it is largely a right brain activity. But once this is understood, innovation can become a personal leadership skill as well as a corporate one. Dana Theus talks playtime, the boredom that precedes the brilliance, and the risk of looking foolish in Why Is Leading Innovation So Hard?

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 7, 2013

Employees are happier when they have control over their work and are not micromanaged. Poll the ranks.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 19, 2014

I’ve learned these tips the hard way, attempting to lead creatives — and attempting to lead myself. Limited micromanagement. Innovation Leadership Ministry' I am actually a creative. Not an artistic creative, but an idea creative. And, it’s true for me too. Clear lines of direction. A clear vision.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Tactical agility enables employees at all levels to take smart risks, capture opportunities, improvise and innovate as they execute a clear strategy. Additionally, organizational cultures – and agility – suffer from micromanagement, indecisiveness, and suppression of truth and dissent. Agility is contagious!

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

8 Tips on Dealing with Unfair Criticism. Tom Magness of Leader Business contributed How NOT to Micromanage. The results (buy-in, empowerment, innovation) are a true game-changer.” Paul summarizes, “A great leader showed how to create a positive culture in the midst of a negative one.”

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 3, 2010

If you micromanage, you’ll have employees that wait for instructions every step of the way and will not use their own resources. This is a fine line to walk as a leader. However, if you don’t give enough direction, and you’ll be wasting time and resources having to delegate and do work over.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Or, How To Make Micromanagement Work For You | Product Management Meets Pop Culture , on November 25, 2009 at 7:01 am said: [.] Covey , success « Book Review: The Pursuit of Something Better Keeping the best » Like Be the first to like this post. One Response The Pinedale Shopping Mall Has Just Been Bombed By Live Turkeys!

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 11, 2017

I’ve learned the tips I’m about to share the hard way by attempting to lead creatives — and attempting to lead myself. Once the end product is defined, creatives like limited micromanagement and maximum empowerment. I have millions of ideas. And, it’s true for me too. It’s not a good recipe for me.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 25, 2015

If you’re starting a new position or role, or your leadership just needs a refresher use these 90 powerful tips over the first three months to get your leadership on track. Prepare yourself with a summary of the mission, purpose and values of the company, along with the trends and innovations within your industry. Create A One-Pager.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 29, 2011

Kortes’ andecdotes, common sense tips and ‘no nonsense notes’ make the book easy to follow and remember. Identify the prima donnas and micromanaging control freaks, the whiners, complainers, and blamers. Changing demographics will leave a shortage of workers that will become critical. Find out what’s wrong and fix it!

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QAspire

DECEMBER 8, 2009

A Tip for Giving Powerful Inspiring Feedback By ReadyTOFeedBack (Sonia Di Maulo) , December 9, 2009 @ 6:33 pm Twitter Comment Great! That is why they say that if you want to judge the character of a leader, see how he thinks, acts and talks when he is handling a difficult situation. Sonia Sonia Di Maulo´s last blog.

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LDRLB

MAY 13, 2014

They are very good at coming up with innovative solutions to problems. They’re left alone, they don’t like to be micromanaged. I like the idea of coming up with innovative solutions, but I also like putting the systems and processes in place for others to be able to sustain and instill that. They are great starters.

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