HR Digest

JULY 17, 2020

This sociocultural and technological shifts have pushed us into the Digital Age. We must stay ahead of challenges using digital innovations and new technologies and techniques which do not decimate our progress. Hire doers who’ll not only get stuff done but not need you to micromanage every second of the day. Pair buddies.

Succession 98

Succession Micromanagement Team Brainstorming 98

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in. Privately owned bank We spoke to the Chief Technology and Operations Officer, who is responsible for the oversight of new hires and workforce planning to identify gaps at a small private bank.

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in. Privately owned bank We spoke to the Chief Technology and Operations Officer, who is responsible for the oversight of new hires and workforce planning to identify gaps at a small private bank.

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

QAspire

JUNE 1, 2014

In a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business environment where technology is constantly changing how people collaborate and work, the paradigms of leadership are changing. Karin Hurt of Let’s Grow Leaders says, “ Micromanaging is a dysfunctional behavior that most leaders fall into from time to time.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McCarthy 185

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Technology seems to make managerial control freaks even freakier and the empowerers more empowering. Instant access and cloud has compressed the "mean time to meddling" to milliseconds for micromanagers. Needless to say, many of his people now use their personal email accounts to share information about project status.

Technology 16

Technology Micromanagement Mentor Project 16

Lead from Within

JULY 31, 2018

You come across not only as a micromanager but also as someone who doesn’t trust your team or colleagues. It’s important to become a subject matter expert, but when you think you have to know everything and do everything, you are setting yourself up to fail. Think of a small child chasing after something shiny.

Career 96

Career Micromanagement Long-term Objective 96

Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

But when you allow yourself to think you have to know everything and do everything, you’re setting yourself up to fail–plus you come across as a micromanager who doesn’t trust your team. To build a successful career, you definitely need to develop expertise in your field.

Career 108

Career Micromanagement Objective Short-term 108

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Technology has provided companies of all sizes with a very efficient tool to improve team communication ; while you should never underestimate the value of the phone or email, instant messaging apps such as Slack, Hipchat, or Campfire instantly pass work updates to your colleagues. Promote communication.

Team 58

Team Efficiency Micromanagement Bond 58

Six Disciplines

APRIL 27, 2011

First, you stop doing things that undermine accountability—stop overseeing, legislating and micromanaging. Set Goals That Lead (planning that includes measures, targets, projects). It also requires technologies that make the framework practical to use and implement on a daily, weekly, monthly quarterly and annual basis.

Company 101

Company Micromanagement Goal Definition 101

The Practical Leader

APRIL 17, 2024

Priority Overload Less effective managers (often micromanagers) confuse motion with direction and “busywork” activity and meaningful results. Each group fiercely protected its own initiative or project. Most of the projects floundered amid political infighting, turfdom, and miscommunication.

Teamwork 104

Teamwork Restructuring Project Micromanagement 104

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Beware of micromanaging. There’s no need to wait until some project is completed 100%. Provide ongoing virtual training in resiliency skills, mindfulness, communication and technology (if the latter is needed). Have people talk in real time with each other with the leader as a facilitator. Don’t create that emergency either!)

Leadership 324

Leadership Globalization Micromanagement Constraint 324

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

In these settings, relationships are often mediated by technology, and it can be tough to build trust. Specifically, they worry that coworkers say bad things behind their backs, make changes to projects without telling them in advance, lobby against them, and don’t fight for their priorities. Use this time for team building.

Technology 8

Technology Micromanagement Team Bond 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2017

The result was that her team felt increasingly micromanaged and less engaged in their contributions. This helped her avoid micromanaging the team, and it freed up time for her to focus on the big picture. Haruto was the VP of sales for a technology company. Traps like these keep you stuck in triage mode.

How To 14

How To Delegation Argyris Micromanagement 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I interviewed people for a university research project 23 years ago about networking, many people weren’t familiar with the term. While it’s easy to think that vast technology-enabled networks aren’t as real or valuable as the old-fashioned, face-to-face variety, research doesn’t support that view.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Mentor Stress Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Further, 25 percent of employees said that avoiding conflict led to sickness or absence from work, and nearly 10 percent reported that workplace conflict led to project failure. And while technology offers more opportunity to connect with diverse people to attain novel ideas, these interactions are becoming increasingly rare.

Price 8

Price Micromanagement Delegation Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

He routinely denigrated the ideas and accomplishments of employees, expected a commitment to work but seldom appreciated loyalty, arbitrarily fired people, disregarded the feelings of others, excluded people from "secret" projects, routinely took credit for the accomplishments of others, and did not allow others to have a public face.

McGregor 14

McGregor Micromanagement Leadership Performance Review 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2016

It influences whether they have close or distant relationships with the people who report to them, communicate directly or indirectly, micromanage or empower, encourage debates or shut them down. Sarah, a highly driven CEO of a technology company, was a heavy-handed micro-manager.

Self-aware 8

Self-aware Micromanagement CEO Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The program managers' key performance indicator dashboards showed nothing alarmingly unusual except the seemingly usual slippage and delays associated with a complex project with moving parts worldwide. The error rates felt too high and the delays too long, given the clarity of project milestones. Is this micromanagement?

Micromanagement 16

Micromanagement Document Telecommunications Software 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

As directors and management teams adapt, they’re bumping into limits—both on the amount of time directors can be asked to spend before the role is no longer attractive and on the scope of the activities they can undertake before creating organizational noise or concerns among top executives about micromanagement.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey CEO Participative Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Most employees have multiple assignments and projects that they must constantly juggle and prioritize. MTM employees often rotate back and forth among their many projects during a typical workweek (and even in a single workday), hurting their ability to focus effectively on each project. Charlie Cordier/Getty Images.

Team 11

Team Micromanagement Delegation Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

Regulators would now decide how spectrum would be used, what technologies were permissible, and approve — or reject — the wireless services, networks, applications, and business models that might be introduced. That might seem like a good thing — using new technology to engage the public in ideological debate.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2015

New technologies – and the proper use of old technologies – are a crucial part of this adaptation. You don’t have to micromanage them, just provide clear, high-level direction. In a 2014 Robert Half Technology survey of U.S.-based One person held accountable to complete a project. A deadline.

Tools 8

Tools CIO Knowledge Management Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The quest for efficiency and productivity improvement that permeates the corporate world trickles down from entire organizations, to teams, to projects and, finally, to individuals. This programmatic approach to managing our personal lives calls for thinking about our day-to-day duties as a collection of small projects.

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Delegation Conference 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Agile processes go awry, because as companies strive for high performance, they either become too tactical (focusing too much on process and micromanagement) or too adaptive (avoiding long-term goals, timelines, or cross-functional collaboration). The company realized they wasted a lot of time and money.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8