Micromanagement: 7 signs which show if you are a micromanager!

Micromanagers have a negative impact on employees, especially on employee motivation. If you tell employees exactly what they have to do and if you check their work down to the very last detail, that's called micromanagement.
The problem is: If you do this, you demotivate your employees and they will lose the fun at work.
Don’t get me wrong: It’s ok to control results, but it’s not ok to specify and control every tiny little step towards the results.
If you don’t give your employees at least some freedom to find their own way to get the result, then this is highly demotivating and frustrating.
Do you want to know if you have a tendency to micromanage? In this video I ask 7 questions.
The more of them you answer with „YES“, the more you and your team probably suffer from you being a micromanager.
If you want to know how to avoid micromanagement, then check this video:
• Micromanager - 5 tips ...
For more tips on how to avoid being a micromanager got to:
www.berndgeropp.com/micromana...

[@BerndGeropp]

Thanks for watching this video. If you want to know what you can do to avoid micromanagement then watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gneoiphqg7qqpa8

[@drmrsthemonarch9727]

I've worked with a manager like this before. I've learned to document all conversations to make sure I don't take the fall when things fail.

[@jnxbcn4715]

for micro-manager one of their worst nightmares is corona crisis. Send all their employees to do home office is a challenge. Home office is about trust, trust they dont have.

[@berndgeropp-d]

Thanks for your feedback. Yes, you are right. Corona crisis is a challenge for every micromanager.

[@xz3024]

That is why mine is not allowing us to work from home, even though our job is totally done behind the computer.

[@kingjoseph5901]

Yup, they need a good smack

[@RaptureInRed]

My boss: "You need to do the work like this..." My, in my head: "I have 10 years experience in this field. Why is he talking to me like a teen barista at their first job in Starbucks?"

[@lucaarr_8574]

Very true video :) Basically a micromanager should start to have a life outside the office... I believe its company responsibility give a direction to managers in terms of workplace culture, otherwise micromanagers are free to behave like that with no one speak up. Unfortunately some organisations look micromanagers as very efficient and productive employees...

[@hcr32slider]

I have a micromanager who belittles you when he has an audience and is in love with the blame game but will pass the buck when it's himself. Apparently my 14 years experience at the company doesn't mean anything in his eyes. I cant stand hypocrites. I take pride in my work and I am confident in my ability to find efficient solutions to work tasks. This man takes it as a threat to his integrity, rather then working together as a team.

[@00Marez00]

I know the feeling!

[@adelgado8917]

It's like the saying "the bigger the truck the smaller the peepee". What I find amusing is the ones who start their new supervisor/manager roll, then believe they have obtained a position of authority over you that they can belittle you. No no hun. I simply say to those who abuse their position is: "all you get is a slightly high pay than me with more stress and headaches, which you signed up for not me you can't handle it then step down and let someone with real leadership skills take over, because at the end of all this you're just as dispensable as me, there's always going to be someone for everyone to take on their role".

[@BadDirtRider]

Empathy > ego

[@kingjoseph5901]

Leave! Find something else and get out asap

[@hcr32slider]

@King Joseph I got fired for not being vaccinated which was a blessing in disguise and poached 2 of my favourite workmates to join the new team.

[@bader2377]

How true!!! My manager is definitely a micromanager!

[@priyankashiva8372]

I had a micromanager who pings me literally everywhere (whatsapp, phone call, whatsapp call, gmail, and slack) and ask me whether i saw the message or not.

[@dkalambokis78]

I don't think managers will ever watch these kind of videos. You should change the title to "Hurray, you're a Manager" to target them

[@BerndGeropp]

I like this headline. Thanks. I should give it a try...

[@nyd2021]

😂

[@chriskuva]

LMAO!!!

[@jonathanmosher72]

My boss is a micromanager and fills the workplace with anxiety and frustration. If I'm on a project she'll pull my off at terrible times to do whatever she feels is important, which it usually is no where near as important as she implicates. Plus, she's hyper and aggressive person.

[@petecurran3995]

Just left a company with the micromanaging culture.

[@eyemnew2991]

My boss told me one time I was replaceable I said yes I am.. There is another place I can go, so I did. No regrets Found out later she was fired.

[@WitheredAnemone]

Used to work in a small company. My manager need to ‘approve’ every single email to external people. We send to her, she OK-ed, we send it. When client replied, we need to wait for her to send/skyped us the reply which we copy paste into the client reply. Even an OK reply need to wait for her. That was 10 years ago, and if it didn’t happend to me personally, I would not ever believed it if someone told me.

[@berndgeropp-d]

Thanks. Waoh, that is really a bad micromanagement story you experienced.

[@great-garden-watch]

In this position now. Ug. Cannot stand it. I already want to leave and it’s been a few weeks.

[@rohanshinde4327]

@@great-garden-watch I can't stand it and I'm in a bond period of 1 year. Can't leave

[@TheINFJChannel]

I'm 2 years late to your comment! Nobody believes me! 🤦

[@is2fiftyslowfsport744]

My manager is not only a micromanager but he's an idiot and a control freak too, he even tells me where to walk?!

[@Dani-cu7ip]

You nailed it! Thank you for sharing!

[@risingdevelopment6635]

Hello. Recently i entered in the area of team leading. I don't have too much experience, but i'm doing my best to learn and get better. By watching this video, i understood that i was being definitely a micromanager, and now i know exactly what i need to change and adjust. Thank you!

[@berndgeropp-d]

That's great. Thanks a lot for your feedback!

[@hcr32slider]

I applaud the fact that you have self awareness. You will do great in the pursuit of self improvement.

[@Arvolash]

3 years later , I hope you’re still growing and learning, regardless, proud of the fact that you were able to admit this in the moment

[@nancyarsenault9262]

thank you for the video, You describe my boss to the T, Its so hard to deal with that every day, it drove me crazy, She is definitely a micromanagement,

[@lorimenshew2033]

I have a friend that asks for help.. “well wait we have to do this first” so instead of one thing it’s 10.. I’m tired of being treated as stupid.. Telling me step-by-step how to put a blanket in dryer… I need to know how to stop her, besides dropping friendship

[@zuzuba3481]

Micro management is really tourchr to the employee. Each every 3 hours asking about the status.. mental stress to the employee..

[@BerndGeropp]

I am sorry to hear this.

[@myrnarivera8795]

Excellent video. Thank you for sharing.

[@pancake_ghosty]

Also have any of you noticed that micromanagement is more common in women? I'm a girl myself but I have felt this

[@nicolejones5944]

This is so true!

[@serenali4076]

No, I have worked at several places, the only horrible micro-manager is a white Italian male!

[@yanksrulemetssuck27]

I am currently dealing with an impulsive micromanager.... and it is emotionally and mentally draining. That man blows up my phone with his phone calls and text messages. He comes to my store unexpectedly. He does not value my opinions or respect my wishes. It's truly a nightmare.

[@nicolejones5944]

So true!

[@lindseyhebert5568]

My manager is micro management she won’t trust me to do anything new like racks and sizing so she puts me in the back never get to promoted stuck in one position almost everything you say is happening to me I am an employee who deals with this

[@loeuvremanic4835]

well; looks like everybody here is complaining about micromanagers; so I'd rather micromanage some employees for a short period of time rather than fire them. Also micromanagement is very efficient for newly hired collaborators without previous experience in the field so they can learn about details. and of course when employees understand the system and the philosophy they can act on their own.

[@Talube101]

This video is the best explanation I have ever seen on this topic.

[@BerndGeropp]

Thank you.

[@Talube101]

@@BerndGeropp You're welcome

[@cameronjacobs2719]

Thank you very much, sir! I'm doing a Leadership Style chart assignment for a Hospitality Supervision course and this video helped a lot!

[@BerndGeropp]

That is great. Thanks for your feedback.

[@xz3024]

My manager requires a weekly report with our weekly activities, detailed by day.

[@berndgeropp-d]

Does it make sense to you? Is it helpful?

[@xz3024]

Führung auf den Punkt gebracht mit Bernd Geropp no, at all...

[@berndgeropp-d]

D Valla Then I recommend that you talk to your boss about it. Try to find out why your boss doesn‘t trust you enough. what can you do that he or she trusts you more? what does he or she need? Only if your boss trusts in your ability and your willingness to do the right things, he or she will reduce control. You may find the following video helpful in order to deal with your boss: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJzFp61vZZxoabs

[@t.l.c7481]

What if you’ve talk to him and he believes he’s not the problem?

[@sophisticatedmm3632]

I have to send daily emails with daily task

[@pancake_ghosty]

I'm dealing with a micro manager and I feel like I'm flipping over backwards for her always and she's never happy. I had a fight with her yesterday and she broke down crying! Her micro management comes from fear of losing control....I feel bad now for shouting at her :/ but it can be so tough

[@lunaa6938]

Good for you! Stand up for yourself, no one else will if you don’t. Hopefully if you put her in her place, she will realize it and calm the hell down.

[@serenali4076]

I once had a fight with my micro-manager, and he almost cried! It is so weird.

[@booradley0x0]

This is my manager, hes anxious and frantic about his own work, and seems to pass it on to me. I was already disliking my job but now this is a new level of insanity.

[@puritywangari8971]

You nailed it.

[@bennykandela2046]

Thanks for this video it is very powerful

[@BerndGeropp]

Thanks

[@wronggg]

Thank you.

[@Murderboy1973]

Very good video, thumbs up.

[@BerndGeropp]

Thanks

[@morgantannerart]

I'm starting to struggle with this myself. I'm in my first supervisory role, and the managers above me tend to be micromanagers (part of the company culture). They want to approve everything my employees do - so part of my expectations in the job role is to be a micromanager and check everything before it gets to the upper managers. :(

[@lumpystilskin5367]

At least you realize that issue, so you won't do the same mistake again when you're at the top.

[@yeoweian9523]

Yes I understand that. I had a supervisor like that who micromanage and everything had to be his way. My idea is: "point A to point B, it's not just one single path, however there are thousands of ways from A to B!!!" They just need to trust us to handle that, in our own way, as long as the we get from A to B without messing up the whole operation.

[@blackg0076]

my micro manager enforces wearing of masks but is too busy to wear one herself . When a issue arises , more paperwork will fix it . If there is a problem it is the workers fault and not the 35 year old machinery . To have an encyclopedic knowledge of your machinery as an operator because the mechanics dont know the machine , even though you only filp a switch and cannot access the control panel etc. The one I like most is my ability to look through 1/4 inch steel bulkheads with my xray vision to see what is blocking the silo.

[@Viper4ever05]

a micromanager completely destroyed my confidence right out of college. Made me second-guess myself all the time to the point where I was afraid to take initiative.

[@wildflower7876]

what do you think will happen if I send this video to my micromanaging manager?

[@nyd2021]

I was wondering that myself lol

[@nicolejones5944]

😂

[@pamsb7081]

My boss never knew what she wanted me to do, she wanted me to take initiatives because she didn’t know what he needed for her business, then she was micromanaging my own ideas and initiatives, but without giving me any credit. Is it normal ?

[@0.0gaarii0.0]

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BerndGeropp]

You are welcome!

[@serenali4076]

Oh my god! I am experiencing this! That is why I feel the work culture is so toxic!

[@qwertyu5363]

I'm a tradie working with two apprentices. Part of my job is to delegate tasks to these apprentices, but since they are apprentices, they obviously are new to my field and cannot be fully trusted like an experienced tradesman. I'm kinda conflicted between trying not to become a micromanager, while at the same time making sure that they are actually learning something, and delivering acceptable work..

[@BerndGeropp]

Delegating is an investment in employee training - it costs time and energy in the beginning. Depending on how the employee improves you can give him or her more freedom. Here I explain it in more details: www.berndgeropp.com/how-to-delegate/

[@mikeferryall1424]

I'm an engineering manager. I let my guys have every opportunity to fail when the cost of failure is small and easy to rectify. They have had to fix a few of their own mistakes as learning opportunities. Only on more important tasks with a high price of failure, do I check their final work. Even then, I only really focus on the details that would cause the most pain. I wonder if that approach would work with apprentices.

[@BerndGeropp]

@@mikeferryall1424 Well, I believe in principle yes, but normally you as the expert will put more time into helping and training the apprentice and therefore you will need to give more and often feedback.

[@lorimenshew2033]

As long as the end result is the same, what is there problem

[@Buecherwurm-iv6nn]

Ich bin nationaler und internationaler Bilanzbuchhalter in einer mittelständischen Steuerkanzlei. Wir bekommen Vorgaben zur Benutzung der Treppe, den richtigen Winkel beim Setzen einer Heftklammer, die richtige Nutzung von Unterschriften-Aufklebern, die Excel-Sheets sind passwortgeschützt, damit nur bestimmte Felder genutzt werden können. Möchte man ein Arbeitspapier zu einer Bilanzposition erstellen, welches von der Norm abweicht (etwa bei Vereinen, Quellensteuer, Bestände, unfertige Leistungen) muss man sich an den Partner wenden, um eine Freigabe zu erhalten. Mich macht das allmählich krank. Ich fühle mich wie ein kleines Kind.

[@BerndGeropp]

Vorgaben hinsichtlich der Benutzung der Treppe und beim richtigen Winkel beim Setzen der Heftklammer? Oje. Da wird einem ja das Selbstständige Denken und Eigenverantwortung regelrecht ausgetrieben...

[@staycurious0815]

@@BerndGeropp Ich frage mich, wie ich als Employee dem Manager schonend beibringen kann, dass der Teamspirit durch sein Micromanagement abgeraucht ist. Jemand, der seine Mitarbeiter auf die Art behandelt, hält sich ja offensichtlich für unfehlbar und möchte darum am liebsten alles selber machen. Dabei merkt er nicht, wieviel Potential hier verschwendet wird, wenn die Mitarbeiter mit angezogener Handbremse arbeiten. Bleibt hier nur die Konsequenz für die Mitarbeiter, die Flucht zu ergreifen? Eines ist sicher: man fühlt sich wie der letzte Sch*** als Mitarbeiter ...

[@DL-fw7xk]

Story of my life

[@kymgarcia09]

I used to work for a micro manager. Soooo glad I was transferred to another department. He caused me so much stress and I'm very happy I'm no longer connected with him

[@nedylia5157]

Not me realising I micromanage my employees 😭😭 super helpful bideo

[@BerndGeropp]

Glad it was helpful.

[@anitachopping]

I have a friend who micro manages. She will tell me the chair must be pushed in and be 2 inches from each other, that you can put your coat on now or the box on the table must be put horizontaly not vertically or I wouldn't stand there people will want to get past when there are no people. 😬

[@BerndGeropp]

Ugh, that´s tough.

[@MixSonaProductions]

Hi Peter, what's happenin

[@meskisz]

So what if employees are really stupid?

[@robertsteeno6106]

Sounds like my job

[@big662]

Micro managers are the worst people in the business. They should be tossed off the top floor for how bothersome they are.

[@benonje6639]

MICRO MANAGEMENT IS GOOD FOR AFRICA

[@bensalter7997]

Sorry.

[@carolnahigian9518]

One of my OLD CO- workers used to 'tag- Team' hen peck me- they would rather critique me ( every 30 sec!!) than get the Work done( 8 th grade Mean girl types)

[@s.a.t419]

Nothing wrong with micromanaging if the team is forming , When they are performing they won’t need as much guidance.

[@jessicaroy4615]

Wrong. I worked for a startup and experienced micromanagement on a 3 person team. It was absolutely toxic, and pushed out many great people, including myself. The issue is that these managers will NEVER be satisfied, because they cannot accept that others do things differently. Micromanagement can happen when someone is stressed, but if good employees give feedback that this is hurting the morale, they need to stop or they will lose their team.

[@azr6288]

you are prob a micromanager prick

[@carolnahigian9518]

lighten up Bub( they SICK OF YOU

[@civilwar-xy1cr]

Another sign is you come into work and all your computers have been erased and the toilets are all overflowing . Yes sound like high school small time punk vandalizm but workplace harrassment is little kiddie small time punk behavior and calls for a powerful response

[@Ionic457]

these shill accounts are brutal

[@MandaClaudiuMCM]

I'd have the tendency to micromanage lazy people until they resign, cuz it's hard to fire them these days. Loads of people talk about how bad managers are like all workers are saints. True that there's loads of managers that suck, from personal experience the vast majority are hired cuz of nepotism or that's the culture of the company, being crap. But we all know loads of lazy people that aim only at getting paid while being lazy and still find reasons to complain.

[@BadDirtRider]

Want to see how crazy my control freak boss is? We all work from home even before Covid. So they came up with virtual potlucks via MS Teams. Our manager doesn’t even let you get up and away from your desk during these virtual pot lucks. Let me remind you that we are in our own homes and she’s thinks she can tell us what to do. Pot lucks are supposed to be a food party where you are NOT AT YOUR DESK so you can take a break from work and recharge your battery. So it’s now a forced, non work related conversation that’s scheduled once a month. Its only 30 min long. It’s awkward and cringe. She will IM me and see where I’m at with my project.. “ hey jool, how far along are you? Almost done? “ 7 minutes later “‘hey Jool, where are you at now?” She will reschedule 1 on 1s five times in a day because she can’t get her shit organized due to her scatter brain. I’ve been working with her for 4 years and I don’t know a single thing about her. She doesn’t open up and get to know anyone on her team and doesn’t reveal anything about herself. All I do know is that she likes Thomas Concaid paintings, Rodeos and lighthouses. That’s some outer space alien shit that she think will help her blend in. She’s one of billions that are about to take over our planet guys. We gotta wake up before it’s too late. Help me.

[@serenali4076]

You worked for four years! I worked for a micro-manager for 8 months and I am already interviewing for other positions!