Micromanaging Quotes

• Team members need to feel trusted and valued, and micromanaging communicates the opposite. Founders who are prone to manage every detail of their businesses will ultimately kill themselves as well as lose the support of team members. Learn to delegate key tasks and give credit.

  Martin Zwilling

  Team, Keys, Opposites

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

  "War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton. Chapter "Reflections and Suggestions", 1947.

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• Invariably, micromanaging results in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems.

  John Rosemond

  Communication, Deceit, Four

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• Micromanaging erodes people's confidence, making them overly dependennt on their leaders. Well-meaning leaders inadvertently sabotage their teams by rushing to the rescue and offering too much help. A leader needs to balance assistance with wu wei, backing off long enough to let people learn from their mistakes and develop competence.

  Diane Dreher

  Mistake, Team, Offering

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• When managers overdo micromanaging of others, they probably hired the wrong people or failed to give them a clear idea of what each one is to accomplish. I prefer to train employees to be self-managers, just as in an orchestra each performer knows his or her role without being micromanaged.

  Philip Kotler

  Self, Ideas, Giving

  Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. May 10, 2015.

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• This is a collaborative enterprise," she says. "You have to surround yourself with good people and help them to do what they do well, as opposed to micromanaging.

  Robbie Myers

  People, Helping, Surround Yourself

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• One of the things I'm adamant about as a bandleader is not micromanaging. I'm an advocate for the concept of allowing everyone to be fully vested in what they're doing, so everyone contributes whatever they're inspired to contribute.

  Stefon Harris

  Inspired, Adamant, Allowing

  "Stefon Harris thinks creativity is overrated". Interview with Matthew Borlik, Michael J. West, www.avclub.com. November 12, 2009.

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• I want to really start focusing on what I want to accomplish and what it is I want to achieve, but not micromanaging this or that and focusing on the little things.

  Ricky Williams

  Want, Littles, Little Things

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