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How to Be a Better Manager of Managers (let’s talk about accountability)

Let's Grow Leaders

How do I get Sue to hold her team accountable, without micromanaging? As a manager of managers, is Sue able to translate those Most Important Things into practical, tactical behaviors that the team needs to execute well in order to meet their metrics and quality standards? And Sue’s exhausted too.

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Five Qualities Genuine Leaders Have in Common

Leading Blog

We saw that when more than 32,000 students in France signed a pledge to work for environmentally conscious companies, or when thousands of Google employees signed a letter protesting the company’s involvement in a government program that uses artificial intelligence to enhance military tactics. Empowering others.

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Are You Crushing Your Employees?

Lead Change Blog

Control is the opposite of trust, and micromanaging sends the message to your team members that you don’t trust them to do their jobs. However, micromanaging saps the initiative of your team to the point where they stop taking responsibility because they know you’re going to step in and take charge.

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Leading Through Questions: The Transformative Power of Inquiry

CO2

Additionally, questions increase accountability without micromanaging. Another tactic is to start each staff meeting with a strategic question focused on solving current problems or capitalizing on future opportunities. People support what they help create, so leading by questions boosts engagement.

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Ripple Effect: Seven Keys to Team and Culture Development

The Practical Leader

Tactical Planning versus Strategic Capacity Building Feeling pressured to deliver immediate results, leadership teams often focus on short-term tactical issues. This spins the vicious cycle faster; they don’t build long-term organizational capacity , and so need to personally lead or push everyone to drive for short-term results.

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What Works Better - Obedience or Commitment?

Mills Scofield

The first four tactics below assume that obedience produces results, while the last three practices value commitment.) Control Is an Illusion What do you lose by being an authoritarian — and “beating” employees into submission — or being a control freak and micromanaging every little thing that your kids do?

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

Lead Change Blog

Given that, this tactic might be the most difficult on this list. If you do that, you’re saving your manager from spending time micromanaging you on deadlines. If everyone else is slacking, but you take overall ownership, your manager will notice. Engender unswerving confidence that you’ve got things covered.