Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Control Freaks

Defining the behaviors

Micromanagers get a bad wrap-most often as "control freaks."

They exercise raw power — Micromanagers love to flex their muscles-asserting their power and authority just because they can.

They dictate time — Micromanagers like to control and manipulate others' time. They don't trust people to assess their own workload, so they routinely dictate priorities and distort deadlines.

They control how work gets done — Micromanagers want everything to be done their way. After all, the boss knows best-or so they think. They dismiss others' knowledge, experience, and ideas-no matter how good-then hover over them to make sure they're doing things "right."

If you are a Micromanager, please stop, it drives people crazy.

If you are a micromanager or control freak then this article pertains to you. If not, you have nothing to worry about....

(Jeff it's definately NOT you)

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