Definition:
Micromanagement is a counter-productive management style characterised by such behaviours as an excessive focus on observing and controlling subordinates and obsession with details.
Micromanagement is generally considered to have a negative connotation suggesting a lack of freedom and trust and excessive focus on details at the expense of the purpose and larger goals.
Business Application:
Business owners that went through the pain and effort to grow their start-ups may fall into the counter-productive trap of micromanagement in an excessive risk averse attempt to protect their investment. It may be a blind spot that requires a caring external observer to warn against before it really hurts the business.
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Exploring the building blocks of trust as the solution to micromanagement:
What is the root cause of micromanagement:
Take away:
“Power is not vested in your own control. Trust God. Trust people with His love.”
“1 Cor 13:13 – But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”