Is telling managers how they should manage, micromanagement? 路♂️
Recently, I saw a post on LinkedIn that was telling managers to, “Stop being a micromanager.”
Of course, the post didn’t say how to stop…just that micromanaging is bad and those that do it drive employees away.
When I said something (questioning), the response was simply, “They should stop their BS.”
No conversation…no discussion. I’m right, you’re wrong, do what I tell you. What does that sound like?
Why do managers micromanage?
Could it be that no one has told them what causes micromanagement, how to identify it, and what to do about it?
I don’t think managers wake up in the morning and say, “I’m going to micromanage my people today!”
Micromanagement is basically telling your people the way to do something without telling them how or why. Micromanagement is always stepping in and doing it for them and correcting mistakes yourself.
I believe, telling managers to stop micromanaging (Stop their BS) without teaching how or why, is essentially micromanagement of managers. Stepping in and managing yourself or removing a micromanager is micromanagement.
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