Comments on: The “Micro-Managing” Accusation http://springpointservices.com/blog/the-micro-managing-accusation/ Managing Real People, Creating Good Workplaces Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:30:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: shaun http://springpointservices.com/blog/the-micro-managing-accusation/comment-page-1/#comment-444 shaun Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:40:52 +0000 http://springpointservices.com/blog/?p=181#comment-444 I never did see "Failure to Launch." I take it you give it a thumbs up. Parenting, of course, can SOMETIMES be like "managing" - but it's also a world unto itself. Micromanaging used to be an epithet, and I'm being slightly skeptical about how easily the phrase gets tossed around. The point that is true, of course, is that there ARE control freaks, and people who assert dominance over others through their managerial status. When added to the idea that good managers delegate to competent people, and that even micromanagers by "temperament" learn they have bigger fish to fry, it adds up to a workplace ethos generally opposed to micromanaging. But you're right, many employees need close supervision and attention to detail - until they get it right. That's not a power trip, it's not opression - it's honesty about what reality requires. Thanks for posting, Rick. Shaun I never did see “Failure to Launch.” I take it you give it a thumbs up.

Parenting, of course, can SOMETIMES be like “managing” – but it’s also a world unto itself.

Micromanaging used to be an epithet, and I’m being slightly skeptical about how easily the phrase gets tossed around.

The point that is true, of course, is that there ARE control freaks, and people who assert dominance over others through their managerial status.

When added to the idea that good managers delegate to competent people, and that even micromanagers by “temperament” learn they have bigger fish to fry, it adds up to a workplace ethos generally opposed to micromanaging.

But you’re right, many employees need close supervision and attention to detail – until they get it right. That’s not a power trip, it’s not opression – it’s honesty about what reality requires.

Thanks for posting, Rick.

Shaun

]]> By: Rick http://springpointservices.com/blog/the-micro-managing-accusation/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Rick Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:14:22 +0000 http://springpointservices.com/blog/?p=181#comment-443 Hi Shaun, I wanted to get to this a little more quickly than today, but getting our last off to school (the key word is "launch") proved more difficult than anticipated. McGoldrick & Carter notwithstanding, neither Joanna nor I are experiencing "empty nest syndrome." Did you ever see "Failure to Launch?" Regarding manangement and micromanagement, managers are needed and so, darn it all, is a little micromanagement sometimes. The problem, of course, comes in when we confuse management, and even micromanatement, with leadership. The world is, I think, overrun with anxious micromanagers and, sadly, leadership deficient. You're right, however. The unwillingness to be competent demands micromanagement, and, sadly, vice versa. By the way, I like your blog. Is a newsletter in somewhere in our future? Hi Shaun,

I wanted to get to this a little more quickly than today, but getting our last off to school (the key word is “launch”) proved more difficult than anticipated. McGoldrick & Carter notwithstanding, neither Joanna nor I are experiencing “empty nest syndrome.” Did you ever see “Failure to Launch?”

Regarding manangement and micromanagement, managers are needed and so, darn it all, is a little micromanagement sometimes. The problem, of course, comes in when we confuse management, and even micromanatement, with leadership. The world is, I think, overrun with anxious micromanagers and, sadly, leadership deficient.

You’re right, however. The unwillingness to be competent demands micromanagement, and, sadly, vice versa.

By the way, I like your blog. Is a newsletter in somewhere in our future?

]]> By: Wally Bock http://springpointservices.com/blog/the-micro-managing-accusation/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Wally Bock Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:37:49 +0000 http://springpointservices.com/blog/?p=181#comment-367 Sometimes I think micromanaging, in the sense of close, directive supervision, is appropriate. It's the right thing to do if you have a worker who is unable to do the work. That's the case for most new hires. And sometimes "micromanaging" is actually a form of discipline where the supervisor follows up closely because a competent team member has shown that he or she is unwilling to do the work correctly. Sometimes I think micromanaging, in the sense of close, directive supervision, is appropriate. It’s the right thing to do if you have a worker who is unable to do the work. That’s the case for most new hires. And sometimes “micromanaging” is actually a form of discipline where the supervisor follows up closely because a competent team member has shown that he or she is unwilling to do the work correctly.

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