Dealing effectively with micromanagers

Your boss is driving you crazy. He has to be right all the time. He blames others when things go wrong and won’t rest until someone is punished. He hovers over everyone all the time, constantly correcting them, always insisting no decisions be made without his approval. He couldn’t care less what others think, and never agrees with any opinion other than his own.

Welcome to the demonic world of the micromanager.

”A micromanager is someone who takes legitimate managerial behavior to excess – and the excess is interference with people and their ability to do their jobs,” says Harry Chambers, a performance improvement specialist.

Sort of a nice way of saying annoying, controlling nitwits are driving us bonkers.

Anita Bruzzese
ON THE JOB

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