Comments on: Making the best of a micromanager http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/20/making-the-best-of-a-micromanager/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Fri, 16 May 2008 03:47:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Donna http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/20/making-the-best-of-a-micromanager/#comment-2942 Donna Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:11:17 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/20/making-the-best-of-a-micromanager/#comment-2942 I have been a micro and have worked for one. Some staff needs that kind of oversight, others do not, and it takes a skilled observer to know the difference. Your 3 key points are right on target. Kudos on the book completion ~ Need help marketing it? I have been a micro and have worked for one.

Some staff needs that kind of oversight, others do not, and it takes a skilled observer to know the difference.

Your 3 key points are right on target.

Kudos on the book completion ~ Need help marketing it?

]]> By: Dave http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/20/making-the-best-of-a-micromanager/#comment-2542 Dave Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:08:35 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/20/making-the-best-of-a-micromanager/#comment-2542 And some people micromanage because they don't know how to give good, clear, understandable, executable directions. I had a colleague who was brand new at managing people. Her team often came to me complaining that they were unable to please her. Of course they weren't: she was horribly deficient at communicating. She ended up getting the results she wanted only by micromanaging her team. And some people micromanage because they don’t know how to give good, clear, understandable, executable directions. I had a colleague who was brand new at managing people. Her team often came to me complaining that they were unable to please her. Of course they weren’t: she was horribly deficient at communicating. She ended up getting the results she wanted only by micromanaging her team.

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/20/making-the-best-of-a-micromanager/#comment-2521 Gordon Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:56:40 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/20/making-the-best-of-a-micromanager/#comment-2521 congrats on the book..will look forward to it..being celtic by birth and nature..I just go find a new job...don't want to waste my time or the company that I used to work for.. Slainte Gordon congrats on the book..will look forward to it..being celtic by birth and nature..I just go find a new job…don’t want to waste my time or the company that I used to work for..

Slainte

Gordon

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