Micromanaging is a trap that many people can fall into, including entrepreneurs.  In this episode we'll look at how micromanaging can limit your employees' growth and also your own personal and professional growth.  We'll also look at the ways micromanaging can ultimately stifle the overall growth of your company. And finally, we give tips on avoiding micromanaging so that you can grow employees and grow as an entrepreneur.

Key Points

*Micromanaging is managing in a way that you have to be in the middle of everything, attempting to orchestrate the details and not letting employees make decisions on their own.

*Key behaviors and signs of micromanaging are control of details, being closely involved in the day to day work and lacking trust in employees.

*Reasons managers get caught up in micromanaging is due to inexperience as a manager, insecurity or fear or the feeling that in order to manage employees with a particular skill, you need to be an expert in that skill too.

*Micromanaging will have negative affect on employees limiting their growth and cut their productivity.

*In the long run under this type of management employees will begin to lack drive and motivation.  High skilled employees with a drive to succeed will feel that they are at a dead end with a micromanager.

*Growing as an entrepreneur is something you can't do if your micromanaging and not effectively delegating to your staff.

*Micromanaging may sometimes be necessary with new or struggling employees but it still matters how you manage them and keep a balance.

*To avoid micromanaging one step is to be self-aware about your management style as well as getting feedback from employees.

*Entrepreneurs need to be honest with themselves about why they have a tendency to micromanage, accept it and commit to changing.

*Other steps to avoiding micromanaging are discussed including delegating, clear communication and decision making authorization.

*Lisa talks through some steps to take and things to avoid when transitioning away from this micromanaging style.

*Listen for tips on dealing with new or struggling employees without hovering over them in a micromanaging way.

*An entrepreneur of a growing business needs both an entrepreneur and employees who can grow with the business.

Resources and Links

Other episodes mentioned in this episode:

Entrepreneurs, You Need to Grow WITH Your Growing Business http://bit.ly/HBHP-Ep25

Books mentioned in this episode with links to books on Amazon:

Leadership Challenge, by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner  http://amzn.to/2r3eKoP

Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner  http://amzn.to/2FK9rOm

Don't Bring it to Work , by Sylvia Lafair  http://amzn.to/2Dns9u3

Other information:

Quick Care Consultation - If you'd like to talk to Lisa about this subject or any operational issue you're having in your business then set up a time to talk with her here https://www.bizrx-advisors.com/quick-care-call/

About Lisa Roberts Lisa Roberts is a business operations consultant who advises growth company entrepreneurs in successfully managing growth and the challenges they face along the way.  She has over 25 years of experience in operations, finance and administration and spent several years in executive roles at a high growth company. She recognizes that there is a fine line between success and failure in a growing business and that entrepreneurs need to focus on managing finances, creating a sound operation and employ good business practices to stay on track.