Six (6) Signs You Are A Micromanager
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Most employees know a micromanager when they see one.
But so were are on the same page.
A micromanager is a business owner or manager who exercises excessive control over their employees or their company.
In contrast to a manager who tells an employee what needs to be done and by when a micromanager closely monitors and criticizes the employee’s every action.
Most managers and business owners indeed micromanage for fear of things going wrong, but that doesn’t negate the fact that micromanaging can be detrimental to their businesses.
That is why this article discusses some signs of micromanagement so you can avoid the pitfalls for your business.
Six (6) Signs You’re A MicroManager
Here are six clear signs that would help you know if you’re a micromanager:
1. You Hate Delegating
Micromanagers detest even the idea of delegating. And the reason is simple – they don’t trust anyone else to do a good job of their delegated tasks. That is why even when they do give out tasks to employees, they are constantly hovering over the employee out of fear that they will mess it up. If it were left to them they would prefer to do all the tasks needed for the business to function themselves.
2. You become irritable when decisions are made independently without your input
Micromanagers want to be part of every decision-making process. And when a decision is made in their absence, they become overly critical of such decisions.
3. You have an unhealthy need to keep track of your employee’s every movement
Micromanagers often feel that their employees are not doing their jobs. So, they need to keep track of employees’ activities to see what they are doing. If you must know where your employees are at all times and become agitated when they don’t respond to your messages, then you are a micromanager.
4. You are always making changes, updates and sometimes re-doing the work of employees after they have finished it
If you exhibit such traits, you are a micromanager. Yes, sometimes as a manager, you need to make sure the quality of work done is up to standard, but when this is mostly the case, then you have a problem that needs to be corrected.
5. You believe that your input is the best
As a micromanager, you believe that your employees, and even experts’ ideas, are inferior to yours.
So, you tell them exactly how tasks should be done, leaving no room for creativity or initiative.
6. You look at every detail rather than focusing on the bigger perspective
The job of the business owner or manager is to provide leadership for his or her employees. This involves many tasks except an excessive focus on details every little detail of the employees’ work.
If after reading through these signs of micromanagement, you see some signs you exhibit, then you are a micromanager.
You now have a responsibility to correct such habits.
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