We Want to Talk to You About Your Micromanagement Problem (Part 2 of 2)

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Let's continue with our condensed Four-Step Program to help you work through your problem with addiction to micromanagement. We've already covered:

Step 1: Recognize What You Do

Step 2: Recognize Why You Do It

Now it's time to really get a taste of micromanagement bitterness.

Step 3: Recognize Why It Is Bad

This is the hard part for you, because you are going to find out just how people hate you for being a micromanager. But don't resist, or we'll have to get Nurse Ratchet! It's important that you understand.

We don't have time for hypnosis, so do your best to remember the times that you suffered as a victim of micromanagement and:

• Felt as though you had no ownership over your job, but were merely a small cog in a big wheel
• Felt as if your work was not respected, that there was no reward for proactive, self-improvement and personal value-add.
• Felt a loss of confidence in your ability to perform successfully, as if your work was continually inadequate.
• Experienced low job satisfaction.

Do you remember sinking into a passive existence, simply waiting for guidance from a supervisor, rather than proactively taking the lead in ensuring tasks and deliverables were of good quality and on time?

Micromanaged employees think like this: "I will not really have much say in …

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