Fierce Tip of the Week: Recognize Micromanaging

As a leader, how your employees spend their time and perform are top priorities. Being a resource for questions or concerns and helping them continue to develop is critical to achieve goals.

However, leaders enter dicey territory when they micromanage. When you micromanage, it sends the message you don’t trust your employees.

This week take a moment to look at your leadership style and pay attention if you are spending most of your day telling others when and how they should do their jobs.

If you are micromanaging,  ask yourself: Does this person consistently demonstrate that he or she needs this level of supervision? If so, perhaps more training or development is needed in order to do the job proficiently.

If not, then you need to work on your leadership style and trusting your employees.

Your job as a leader is to be a resource and support for your employees – not do their job for them.