Micromanagement
                     Micromanagement
What Is 
Micromanagement
?
Micromanagement is a pattern of 
manager behavior marked by 
excessive supervision and control of 
employees’ work and processes, as 
well as a limited delegation of tasks 
or decisions to staff. 
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Why Do People 
Micromanage?
There is no straight answer to that 
question. People micromanage for a 
variety of reasons. 
These reasons can include different 
feelings and emotions such as fear 
of failure, extreme need for control 
and domination, inexperience in 
management, insecurities, unskilled 
team members, unhealthy ego, etc.
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Micromanagers 
Avoid Delegation
Since micromanagers don’t believe 
that anyone can do a decent job, 
they avoid delegating tasks and 
doing everything themselves. 
Of course, that doesn’t work well for 
anybody, and micromanagers are not 
superheroes so obviously they need 
to get back down to Earth and realize 
that tasks should be delegated to the 
people that have the specialized 
skills needed and are qualified to 
produce the desired results. 
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Micromanagers 
Become Overly 
Involved in the 
Work of Their 
Employees
Standing over someone’s shoulder 
watching their every move and 
checking in on things constantly is 
not effective – and let’s face it, it’s 
annoying. 
Many people freeze or feel a lot of 
discomforts when they are being 
constantly watched which results in 
stress and even errors. 
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Micromanagers 
Ask For Frequent 
Updates and 
Status Reports
Weekly check-ins and status reports 
on a reasonable cadence are 
standard. But, when updates are 
being asked on a daily basis, you 
can be sure that either you’re being 
micromanaged or that you’re being 
a micromanaging boss yourself. 
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Micromanagers 
Want to be cc’d in 
Every Email
This need to have visibility of every 
stand of communication at all times 
usually indicates that the manager is 
afraid of being left out of the loop, or 
that he’s thinking that others might 
be discussing details and making 
decisions behind his back. 
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Micromanagers 
Complain 
Constantly and Are 
Never Satisfied
Micromanagers complain about 
everything even when there’s 
nothing to complain about. But the 
thing is that when you’re always 
looking for mistakes and flaws in 
others, that’s all that you’ll find. 
Often these complaints could be 
about the smallest things that don’t 
even relate to the execution of 
tasks.
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Micromanagers Leave 
no Room For Creativity 
and Initiatives & 
Discourage 
Independent Decision-
Making
Because they don’t trust others to 
do their job, micromanagers tell 
employees what to do without 
leaving room for creativity and 
initiative. Especially if your job is in 
the creative area, being constantly 
told how exactly a task should be 
done can be very frustrating and 
discouraging
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Micromanagers 
Don’t Pass on Their 
Skills and 
Knowledge
Managers can act as role models for 
employees that are just starting out 
their journey. But if that manager 
has zero interest in teaching juniors 
that can be not only disappointing 
but also very discouraging and 
daunting.
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