Why would micromanagement be bad for you? It would seem smart to know your staff is doing their job well, or to help with a project every so often. It’d demonstrate a good work ethic, and show the team how to work harder, right? What could be bad about all this? A lot.
What is micromanagement? It’s when you directly are in charge of doing things that your staff would normally be doing. A manager’s job is to manage, isn’t that what they should do? Coordinating projects, solving problems, dealing with other staff, and working on relationships with clients, these are things that managers should be doing, along with ensuring that work by their staff is done well. The manager should be supervising staff to make sure that the work is done well, and is finished completely.
If a manager only micromanages, there’s never any time for the normal things that a manager should be doing, so therefore it is bad for your business to micromanage.
Here are some tips to avoid micromanaging:
- Everything has more than one right way. Supervisors need to prepare staff to finish projects successfully and to be clear about their expectations. Let them perform the tasks, no matter what it takes. Let them do their work however they want, as long as it gets done. Staff will finish projects differently then you would. This doesn't mean that you're not communicating with your team. It is needed to meet time to time to discuss the projects, and to answer questions. Employees do however need freedom to work at their highest possibility, and in the end your company will be stronger. Your staff cant grow if the company isn't growing as well, and if you're always interfering.
- Make sure you trust your employees. They have to know that you trust them, or they won't feel like you trust them if you are involved with every day. Second-guessing them will make them feel confused and powerless. They will also learn that they are not held accountable, and could stop making any decisions.
- Fix things that are wrong. If one employee is making too many mistakes constantly, it may be in your best interest to look into getting someone better to do the job. Make sure that everyone is well trained first, and that you are letting them know clearly what you want done. Some Employees expect to be micromanaged, so they may need to realize that they need to make their own decisions.
- Make sure that nobody burnouts. If you micromanage, employees could get frustrated and try to work anyways. This will cause bad work, which you will in turn let them know. They will then feel overwhelmed due to doing the job badly in the first place. Eventually, they could completely burnout.
- Be a good manager! Prepare and trust the employees, remember that they're part of the team, and that they should lead by example. If you do this, your staff will notice, and should feel a better sense of accomplishment at the end of a job, and a bunch of jobs well done will lead to a very successful business.
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