Understanding micromanagement

1. Micromanager

2. A President as Micromanager: How Much Detail Is Enough? Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2009 Is Obama a micromanager?

3. Is Steve Jobs a micromanager?

4. Martha Stewart?

5. Vision Criteria Detailed The difference - that allows for imagination

6. The Incredibles Cohesive and imaginative

7. What vs. How to do it Make fries that are crispy and flavorful vs. Go to the refrigerator, get the fries, and then fry them

10. Fundamentally all micromanagement is based on a lack of trust (e.g. doubtful about the ability to make the right decision, to be competent, to be able to contribute, to do something without errors).

11. Fear & Trust Risk & Control Negative outcomes & Contribution How do you handle

12. For manual work, efficiency was enough. For knowledge work, effectiveness is more important than efficiency. Set the right priorities Build on strengths Focus on contributions and results

13. Encourage productive conflict Make new mistakes (don’t keep making the same ones) Make lots of little mistakes (don’t make the big ones)

14. Just enough detail Just enough quality Just enough process

16. See if the door is closed Install another perspective Learn acting. Hollywood. Meanwhile

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