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Wednesday, February 25, 2004 3:59 PM

8 ways micro-managers can cure themselves

Going with the flow - manage your micromanaging

How do you micromanage? If you're in mangement, then you know that creating and maintaining a team is no easy task. Thus, MSN BCentral (the small business management juggernaut), has come up with a list of eight important factors when dealing with management of your micromanagement. Take a look:

Understand why you're doing it. Take a few minutes of introspection and think about the reasons why you can't leave your people alone. That itself may hint at a solution. It may be that, deep down, you don't trust your staff — or perhaps yourself (an insecure boss can't stay out of the loop for long). "It's not mistrust," says Los Angeles-based consultant Paul Glen. "It's a lack of belief that they, or you, can do what needs to be done."

Redefine your role. One of the biggest causes of needless micro-management is a boss who really doesn't recognize what she's paid to do — particularly if she came up through the ranks of the company. "When you're not a manager, what you produce is your value to the company," says Glen. "When you move into management, you're rewarded for making other people more productive rather than producing yourself. You need to redefine that measure of success so you don't get involved in production anymore."

Remember the micro-manager from Hades. Just about all of us in our working lives have endured a boss whose fingers were in every pie. Recall what that felt like, the lack of respect it conveyed, the oppressive weight of feeling, as though you were always being watched. That should pinch off many an urge by you to stick your nose where it's not really needed.

These are only three of many crucial steps you can take in micromanagement. The most important, however, is managing "you". Make sure that you let others produce their magic while you create your own. When in doubt, always understand but never "do". This can let others creatively keep their micromanagement "flow" while you manage yours.

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