Comments on: Aspirational Leadership http://saunderslog.com/2005/05/26/1655/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:15:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: roro http://saunderslog.com/2005/05/26/1655/#comment-415295 roro Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:39:06 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=1655#comment-415295 I love this article on micromanagers...raw and all too real, yet humorous. I agree with Susan. It is a power trip. I think some people take enjoyment in feeling like they are superior to others and they want to be known as the smartest person in the room and take credit for the work well done by others....sad, really. Micromanagers often do not know what they are doing, too. They frustrate themselves and the poor workers alongside them. It is especially a nightmare when the micromanager happens to be the owner's daughter! You, don't know power trip until you've worked with relatives! Pretty sick situation! I love this article on micromanagers…raw and all too real, yet humorous.

I agree with Susan. It is a power trip. I think some people take enjoyment in feeling like they are superior to others and they want to be known as the smartest person in the room and take credit for the work well done by others….sad, really. Micromanagers often do not know what they are doing, too. They frustrate themselves and the poor workers alongside them.

It is especially a nightmare when the micromanager happens to be the owner’s daughter! You, don’t know power trip until you’ve worked with relatives! Pretty sick situation!

]]> By: Susan Nunes http://saunderslog.com/2005/05/26/1655/#comment-61808 Susan Nunes Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:59:37 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=1655#comment-61808 The post above is a crock. People micromanage because it's a power trip for them. I have an absolutely impossible boss right now, and believe me, it isn't because there is anything wrong with me; he does this with EVERYBODY. Face it: There are people in this world who are not cut out to be supervisors. The post above is a crock. People micromanage because it’s a power trip for them. I have an absolutely impossible boss right now, and believe me, it isn’t because there is anything wrong with me; he does this with EVERYBODY.

Face it: There are people in this world who are not cut out to be supervisors.

]]> By: Jack http://saunderslog.com/2005/05/26/1655/#comment-55 Jack Wed, 01 Jun 2005 22:37:36 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=1655#comment-55 In my experience, if I found someone need be micromanaged, I didn't do that. Peer review is a good method to do so. I will select his or her cooperator to do peer review. After some stragitic tutor, they will have things done well. In my experience, if I found someone need be micromanaged, I didn’t do that. Peer review is a good method to do so. I will select his or her cooperator to do peer review. After some stragitic tutor, they will have things done well.

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2005/05/26/1655/#comment-54 Alec Mon, 30 May 2005 16:05:08 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=1655#comment-54 To your point, Don, a manager who feels he or she HAS to micro-manage an employee, but isn't by nature a micro-manager, needs to ask whether or not that employee is worth keeping. A To your point, Don, a manager who feels he or she HAS to micro-manage an employee, but isn’t by nature a micro-manager, needs to ask whether or not that employee is worth keeping.

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]]> By: Donald Smith http://saunderslog.com/2005/05/26/1655/#comment-53 Donald Smith Sat, 28 May 2005 12:36:54 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=1655#comment-53 If you feel you are being micromanaged, one of the first questions is -- do you actions warrant being micromanaged? In my experience, people who claim to be micromanaged are, in fact, almost always weak employees who need a lot of hand holding and guidance to get anything done. Perhaps it's not that your manager is a micromanager, perhaps you're just not a very good or trustworthy employee. I can be tough advice to give someone, but that's generally the explanation for 90% of cases. That being said, I sure am being micromanaged lately, but I'm sure I don't deserve it. I'm the perfect employee. LOL. - Don If you feel you are being micromanaged, one of the first questions is — do you actions warrant being micromanaged? In my experience, people who claim to be micromanaged are, in fact, almost always weak employees who need a lot of hand holding and guidance to get anything done.

Perhaps it’s not that your manager is a micromanager, perhaps you’re just not a very good or trustworthy employee. I can be tough advice to give someone, but that’s generally the explanation for 90% of cases.

That being said, I sure am being micromanaged lately, but I’m sure I don’t deserve it. I’m the perfect employee. LOL.

- Don

]]> By: Howard H. Thaw http://saunderslog.com/2005/05/26/1655/#comment-52 Howard H. Thaw Fri, 27 May 2005 01:55:53 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=1655#comment-52 My observation is that there are two types of people that are difficult to help: Those that know everything, and Those that do not know what they do not know. As for the micromanager: They see much, observe little, and perceive less. My observation is that there are two types of people that are difficult to help:

Those that know everything, and
Those that do not know what they do not know.

As for the micromanager:

They see much, observe little, and perceive less.

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