10 Types of Micromanagers

 

A micromanager is someone you pay to
watch your best people walk away.

I once worked for a leader who thought he was "supportive."

He called it alignment.

But it felt like suffocation.

The constant check-ins didn’t ensure quality.

They ensured I spent more time reporting on work than actually doing it.

If you don't trust the people you hired,
the problem isn't their performance.

It’s your leadership.

10 types of micromanagers:

1. The Endless Tweaker
↳ They spend hours perfecting work that's already good

2. The Status Stalker
↳ They "just check in" every hour because they can't manage their own anxiety

3. The Process Police
↳ They create rigid procedures for everything

4. The Task Reclaimer
↳ They take back delegated tasks because no one can do it as well as they can

5. The Calendar Hijacker
↳ They schedule unnecessary meetings to stay in the loop

6. The Fire Drill Fanatic
↳ They create fake urgency to make people work harder

7. The Solution Dictator
↳ They tell their teams exactly how to solve problems instead of letting them think

8. The Unsolicited Advisor
↳ They give constant 'helpful' advice no one asked for

9. The Detail Obsessor
↳ They waste hours on minor details that don't affect the outcome

10. The Gatekeeper
↳ Everything needs their approval

Trust and empower your team.

Then step back to let them do their best work.

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