{"id":17923,"date":"2020-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-stop-micromanaging\/"},"modified":"2020-02-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T06:00:00","slug":"how-to-stop-micromanaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-stop-micromanaging\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Micromanaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <!-- .post-meta --><\/p>\n<p>Micromanagement can be a common condition among all managers arising from personal stress with the results of a project, uncertainty about a team&#x2019;s capabilities, a desire to prove &#x201C;who&#x2019;s the boss&#x201D; or any number of other reasons. However, micromanagement is very inefficient, as it decreases the team&#x2019;s confidence in their own abilities and takes the manager&#x2019;s focus away from more valuable work. For anyone looking to improve their effective leadership skills, here are some tips on how to stop micromanaging.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2020\/01\/Feb-7-How-to-Stop-Micromanaging1-1024x512.jpg\" alt height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-stop-micromanaging\/#Understand_how_youre_holding_the_team_back\" >Understand how you&#x2019;re holding the team back<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-stop-micromanaging\/#Look_at_the_bigger_picture\" >Look at the bigger picture<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-stop-micromanaging\/#Focus_on_helping_work_to_happen\" >Focus on helping work to happen<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-stop-micromanaging\/#Delegating_with_trust\" >Delegating with trust<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-stop-micromanaging\/#Appreciate_skills_outside_your_own\" >Appreciate skills outside your own<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Understand_how_youre_holding_the_team_back\"><\/span>Understand how you&#x2019;re holding the team back<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The problem for most micromanagers is that they think they&#x2019;re actually helping by hovering over an employee&#x2019;s shoulder. However, if anything, this micromanagement just takes agency away from the team member, making them nervous about their decision-making and having to look for confirmation all the time, which just continues the cycle of micromanagement.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Look_at_the_bigger_picture\"><\/span>Look at the bigger picture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The reason you have oversight over employees or reports in the first place is that you are valued for performing tasks on a more strategic and macro level. By micromanaging and getting into the nitty-gritty of elements of tasks, you are, at best, going to make a tiny percentage of difference to a very minor aspect of the team&#x2019;s overall objectives. That means you&#x2019;re not delivering the value for the organization that you&#x2019;re supposed to be. In a great resource on how to stop micromanaging from Forbes, Jim Vaselopulos of Rafti Advisors, Inc. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/forbescoachescouncil\/2018\/06\/04\/try-these-12-strategies-if-you-need-to-stop-micromanaging\/#71efac121c48\">advises managers<\/a> to &#x201C;only do what only you can do.&#x201D;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Focus_on_helping_work_to_happen\"><\/span>Focus on helping work to happen<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Leadership is never a simple task, and learning how to stop micromanaging gets easier when a manager understands their own role better. The true sign of effective leadership skills is when your main focus is on <a href=\"\/want-to-be-more-adaptable-be-a-coach-not-a-manager\">building a team culture that facilitates better work<\/a>, rather than feeling your skills are best used correcting or polishing other people&#x2019;s work. Help them to be their best and most productive professional selves rather than simply pointing out mistakes or issues.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Delegating_with_trust\"><\/span>Delegating with trust<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Those with effective leadership skills know that they can&#x2019;t do everything themselves and are able to delegate with confidence. While delegation isn&#x2019;t necessarily the problem for micromanagers,<a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2015\/08\/how-to-stop-micromanaging-your-team\"> trust generally is<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-cta\">\n<div id=\"content-cta-text\">Increase your business agility with Planview AdaptiveWork&#x2019;s project management software<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-cta-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/resource\/product-tour\/?refer=blogpost\">Take a Product Tour<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For those managers who constantly worry about how a direct report&#x2019;s work is going to turn out, it&#x2019;s understandable that they want to check up on them often. But as we&#x2019;ve looked at, this doesn&#x2019;t help anyone. If the work isn&#x2019;t up to snuff when it comes in, look at addressing why and what can be done in the future to ensure that it is.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Appreciate_skills_outside_your_own\"><\/span>Appreciate skills outside your own<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the biggest reasons for micromanaging is related to the thought that &#x201C;the work just isn&#x2019;t being done to my standard.&#x201D; While this may be true for some aspects of the work, unless you are a polymath expert in everything, it&#x2019;s most likely that there are lots of things which are done to a much higher level than you would be capable of, which gets overlooked as it&#x2019;s what&#x2019;s expected of the employee.<\/p>\n<p>Giving your team more responsibility and recognition will be easier when you look outside the narrow focus of the standards you have for a specific area of competence. For those with effective leadership skills, the only work that matters is that of the team, rather than one&#x2019;s own individual input.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing how to stop micromanaging is one thing &#x2013; actually dropping the habit can be its own challenge. However, one thing that can ease the pain is using better project management tools. Planview AdaptiveWork&#x2019;s products give excellent insight into a project&#x2019;s progress, providing automatic updates and auto-generated status reports so both managers and other stakeholders can find out how the project is performing within a few clicks.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more and take part in a live demo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/live-demos\/\">get in touch with our team today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"client-logo\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/customers\/\" title=\"Siemens Energy\"><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2020\/08\/siemens_energy-200x100.png\" alt=\"Siemens Energy\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/customers\/\" title=\"IIROC Success\"><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2020\/07\/IIROC_logo-200x100.gif\" alt=\"IIROC Success\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/customers\/\" title=\"Financial Services Institution\"><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2020\/04\/FINANCIAL-SERVICES-IMG-200x100.jpg\" alt=\"Financial Services Institution\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/customers\/\" title=\"M Squared\"><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2020\/03\/m-squared-logo-200x100.jpg\" alt=\"M Squared\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/customers\/\" title=\"Aliancys Success\"><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2019\/12\/aoc_aliancys-logo-800x400-200x100.jpg\" alt=\"Aliancys Success\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarizen.com\/customers\/\" title=\"Bonfiglioli Success\"><img class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/clarizen\/wp-content\/upload\/2019\/11\/bonfiglioli_logo-800x400-200x100.jpg\" alt=\"Bonfiglioli Success\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Micromanagement can be a common condition among all managers arising from personal stress with the results of a project, uncertainty about a team&#x2019;s capabilities, a desire to prove &#x201C;who&#x2019;s the boss&#x201D; or any number of other reasons. 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