(SHORT
NOTES FROM TEAM MANAGEMENT: Delegating Effectively at http://www.mindtools.com)
Micromanagers take perfectly positive
attributes to the extreme. They give
great attention to detail and have a hands-on attitude. Either because they're control-obsessed, or
because they feel driven to push everyone around them to success. Micromanagers risk disempowering their
colleagues. They ruin their colleagues'
confidence, hurt their performance, and frustrate them to the point where they
quit.
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Signs of Micromanagement
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Resist delegating
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Immerse themselves in overseeing the projects of others
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Start by correcting tiny details instead of looking at the big
picture
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Take back delegated work before it is finished if they find a
mistake in it
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Discourage others from making decisions without consulting
them
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Good managers empower their employees to
do well by giving opportunities to excel.
Micromanagement restricts the ability of micromanaged people to develop
and grow, and it also limits what the micromanager's team can achieve, because
everything has to go through him or her.
When a boss is reluctant to delegate, focuses on details ahead of the
big picture and discourages his staff from taking the initiative, there's every
chance that he's sliding towards micromanagement.
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