{"id":6226,"date":"2023-10-18T00:22:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T22:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tibicon.net\/en\/?p=6226"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:23:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:23:01","slug":"identify-a-micromanager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tibicon.net\/en\/2023\/10\/identify-a-micromanager\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you be able to identify a micromanager?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know what micromanagement is?<\/p>\n

It is a management style by which a manager closely monitors the performance of staff members, going into the smallest details.<\/p>\n

Like what happens in the cartoon, where I depicted the explosive mixture of micromanagement and short memory.<\/p>\n

Are there specific behaviours or situations that allow us to identify a micromanager?<\/p>\n

Here are the first ones that come to mind:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. He\/she is afraid of his\/her staff member, whom he\/she feels as a competitor to him\/her.<\/strong>\n
      \n
    • These days everyone, really everyone, is trying to take you down…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • He\/she is persuaded that a boss must outperform his\/her staff member,<\/strong> always and in all things.\n
        \n
      • If he\/she is not, can you tell me what kind of boss he\/she is?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • He is afraid of the mistakes, <\/strong>even minor ones, that the staff member may make<\/strong>.\n
          \n
        • Yes, because then he\/she is the one who ends up in the middle, even if he\/she didn’t make the mistake…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • He wants to know everything, really everything, that happens in the team he leads<\/strong>.\n
            \n
          • Because there is nothing worse than being discovered unaware of what is going on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • He\/she delegates just a little or nothing<\/strong>.\n
              \n
            • After all, how can you blame him\/her if his\/her staff members are incompetent?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              In short, the main characteristic of a micromanager seems to be his\/her fear:<\/p>\n

              of peers, staff members, and the boss!<\/h2>\n

              And of his\/her inadequacy.<\/p>\n

              Do you think there is more to add?<\/p>\n

              Have you ever met a micromanager in your life?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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