Micromanager - 5 tips to avoid micromanagement!

[@BerndGeropp]

Thanks for watching. Was this video helpful? Please let me know here in the comment section.

[@cavinleibrandt2109]

Indeed very helpful.

[@berndgeropp-d]

@@cavinleibrandt2109 Thanks

[@jasondarrenangel81]

I actually clapped. It was great, you are an excellent mentor.

[@gracekrpa4388]

BRILLIANT tips. I’ve been micromanaging a lot of things and failing. Thank you so much for this! Please make another video for managers who have OCD and are insane perfectionists; They have no choice but to intervene and micro manage everything coz of their mind. Would be incredibly helpful! God Bless!

[@BerndGeropp]

Thanks!

[@waxmax001]

summary: talk about your vision, strategy and why you wanna get there. support them and resist the impulse to control every detail 1) focus on the result, not the way to the result. set the goal and let the employeed find their own ways 2) learning from mistakes 3) 80:20 rule (pareto) 4) write your own job description. what are your top 3 responsibilities? (e.g. strategise, innovate, inspire) ... review this 5) pretend it's the day before you go on a vacation. => makes you focus on the tasks that have the highest effect

[@berndgeropp2831]

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[@feliciabam9578]

LOVE your calm methodical presentation. The humour takes the sting out of the truths you speak.

[@BerndGeropp]

Thanks!

[@danyvandermeij6284]

Keep going. I'm 19 years old and leading my own business. You help me a lot with your videos. Thank you very much!

[@berndgeropp-d]

Thanks a lot for your feedback.

[@berndgeropp2831]

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[@stratman4327]

Best 9 minutes and 44 seconds I've spend in a LONG time. Thank you so much for these very practical and easy to implement ideas.

[@berndgeropp-d]

Thanks

[@natural.bridge]

1. Always focus on the result, not the approach to the result - yes, how employees do something might be different from your approach 2. Employees will make mistakes and learn from mistakes (no mistakes can only happen when no work being done) 3. 80:20 rule (same as the rule from Built to Last: you only need 85% of critical tasks done correctly) 4. Write your own job description and stick to the high priority items 5. Pretend it's the day before you're going on vacation

[@sebastianpoggio4033]

Thank you very much for tour time, the effort you put on each video and all the good tips you give us! It has really helped me improving myself as a new leader. Keep going !

[@BerndGeropp]

That's great. Thanks for your kind feedback.

[@rajeshdarak9286]

Awesome video. A must watch for every micromanager!

[@BerndGeropp]

Thanks!

[@cashmerehazel21]

7:56 is the summary of the 5 points

[@davidalejandroglennieporra6678]

GREAT VIDEO!. I was remembering some years with my worst boss, 1000% MICROMANAGER. The worst part of that period was that it seems to be part of that Company culture (old-fashioned I guess). I learn how NOT to be a boss (that was the learning of that job),I do have my issues, but I'm working on them in order to be a better leader. Regards from Monterrey /Mexico

[@BerndGeropp]

Thank you for sharing this. It's great that even though it was a bad experience for you, you still managed to learn something positive from it. That is a good quality in a leader. I wish you much success in your leadership role.

[@joanesskalu7378]

Thank you so much for sharing these short but enlighting ideas.

[@BerndGeropp]

You are welcome.

[@sonsonellazin4211]

Great lesson and very usefull tips. Thank you

[@yuryhryhoryeu9438]

micromanaging is a hell of CEO! thank you Bernd for the video, very helpful

[@Ravisharma-vx9rz]

Hi Bernd . your content is more practical and help to improve performance

[@BerndGeropp]

Thanks.

[@susycabrera5037]

Excellent video, thank you for sharing these useful tips that made me reflect!

[@BerndGeropp]

Glad it was helpful!

[@danieldelgado1556]

Great video, I'll be using some of this tools, thanks

[@Mk-pk9zm]

Love your videos. A great insight sir!

[@lealaniecpamplona]

Thanks for the video..open up so many thiings about micro managing and its effect.

[@berndgeropp-d]

Thanks

[@vatimiovonosese7693]

Yes .

[@ChristineHenry-m8f]

I'm really enjoying every video, thankyou so much for posting them.

[@jasondavid4658]

Thank you for your tips. I enjoy your videos.

[@azano2696]

Great video, I use these tips in my work.

[@BerndGeropp]

Excellent!

[@HusseinMunther-vt8qv]

Many thanks for this great video

[@BerndGeropp]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sugarandspice2136]

I like to be trained on a task, assigned the task, and be left the hell alone. 😂

[@danbalan4653]

Great video and content.

[@cavinleibrandt2109]

Wow,wow, wow! Thank you so much for sharing these incredibly valuable tips!

[@berndgeropp-d]

Thanks

[@berndgeropp2831]

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[@adamharoon4199]

Really amazing!!

[@PartScavenger]

I micromanage as an engineer who must delegate to people I don't get to choose. I do not know how to trust anyone when I'm surrounded by people who've been there in less than a year but I am responsible for meeting project deadlines and quality. I desperately need to stop micromanaging and can't figure out how.

[@thatsbaddie]

Yes . Good question. I think need to assess the team and slowly delegate more.

[@leonmilner9994]

Those people are actually responsible for meeting project deadlines and quality as well. You might also want to watch the video on how to handle unreasonable expectations from your supervisor. THEY may have given YOU an impossible task too.

[@kreanukreanu]

I think I am both a victim and a perpetrator of micromanagement, thus trying to pay a lot of attention to this. I’m still working on it, but in the meantime I ask myself if I overlooked other aspects of leadership by over-emphasizing this.

[@samuelkremsky4990]

Really helpful

[@jasondarrenangel81]

I love this video. Thank you!

[@jesschivir4122]

It was very inspiring

[@berndgeropp-d]

thanks

[@firdavsboboshoev9946]

Mister Bernd, thanks for your such amazing content and helpful advices , I really love your way of teaching and your humbleness! I have one quick question, I work in the company Emaar in Dubai , our company management is very nice, but there are micromanagers , they look at every single tone of our speaking,dressing, chatting , because we are dealing with customers, because of there are monitoring every single ditels, I make more even mistakes, in the office when I start working, I feel very not comfortable and feeling weak , whatever I make mistakes, the managers show them of on the WhatsApp group to all colleagues, i then feel very insecure, I am almost 1 year working in the company, I still feel not confident, even I see the company building from outside , I have hatred working there, please advise me , is it maybe my poor understanding or company poor management?

[@DStracks]

This video helped me alot

[@BerndGeropp]

Glad to hear that. Keep it up

[@darkod4772]

Great video! I love the vacation tip:) I'm going on vacation right now: P

[@BerndGeropp]

Great to hear. Thanks. Have a great holiday!

[@Minanti_anti]

Hi,, could you share us, how to facing a micro manager, especially during WFH culture.. They are always checkin every detail when the end of day at late night

[@whitneythomas2584]

Great examples but can you put how a supervisor should deal with a difficult boss from Trinidad😄

[@berndgeropp-d]

Thanks for your feedback. Well, I do not exactly know how a difficult boss from Trinidad behaves, but I will work on a video how to deal with a bad boss in principle. :-)

[@GaneshJadhav-t2x]

good content

[@CEOLife]

Great!

[@feliciabam9578]

control results... not the way to the results...

[@BerndGeropp]

Correct.

[@Manager-8472]

Managers who feel the need to micro-manage are probably not managing effectively at all. Poor management behaviour (of this type) may suggest an unhealthy workplace environment.

[@stephenjohnson4272]

Worked for employer for many years who severely micromanaged me and my life. It's partly my fault for tolerating it. In the end I just followed his direction with zero fucks for him, customers and company. Now I have no respect for managers.

[@berndgeropp-d]

Stephen Johnson I understand that you had a bad experience with your former boss. But don’t fall into the trap that all other managers are like him. There are others out there who are different and better.

[@MrBheem-md5re]

very helpful content

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[@Yo64130]

Is asking everyday for work status a form of micromanaging? As "how is this report going?" "Have you performed this task?" I feel like it is but I am not sure

[@BerndGeropp]

It feels like micromanaging to me, as well. But that depends on what you agreed with your employee on. I usually recommend to set milestones and then only ask for the status on these dates. Not in between. It also depends on how well your employee performs tasks independently. If your employee still needs a lot of support from you, you should set milestones that aren't far apart from one another. If your employee can handle the tasks by themselves, then one milestone can be enough. Or even just ask this employee to report to you when the task is completed. Some years ago I wrote a blog post about this topic. You can read it here: www.berndgeropp.com/how-to-delegate/ This might help you.

[@Yo64130]

@@BerndGeropp thank you I am checking your post

[@aryeh3701]

I have seen a 25 yr old telling a 50yrs veteran that's been in his field for 24 yrs.. now that's not only micromanaging that's patronizing and disrespectful.

[@berndgeropp2831]

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[@Yyyyyy5]

Like someone said in another video. The wrong people are watching your videos. The micromanager does not care what you are saying unfortunately sir.

[@berndgeropp-d]

You are surely right: "Hard Core" micromanagers will not watch my videos. But there are some managers who micromanage once in a while. And they might want to improve. Hopefully for them my videos are helpful.

[@Yyyyyy5]

@@berndgeropp-d I hope so. Every business should be trained to recognize a micromanager and the consequences of having one.

[@williamzamora7234]

Your funny! 🤣

[@BerndGeropp]

Thanks

[@williamzamora7234]

I own a window cleaning business and I'm a Christian and God I believe has been speaking to me about being a manager but I've been struggling with confidence and your videos are teaching me.

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[@meskisz]

Building a nuclear plant. Let's make some mistakes! 🤣😂😂😂

[@yolandhasephiani7540]

funny

[@nodnarb3540]

I am strangely attracted to you.

[@DonnieThorson]

I wish I had read this before I tried to get a job atRipleys, I would have been less of a pest,I hope Marcy, and Angela,and others wil forgive me.