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Work Smarter, Not Harder: 5 Ways to Avoid Micromanaging

Work Smarter, Not Harder: 5 Ways to Avoid Micromanaging

Work Smarter, Not Harder: 5 Ways to Avoid Micromanaging

Work Smarter, Not Harder: 5 Ways to Avoid MicromanagingAre you guilty of micromanaging? The reality is that micromanagement is extremely difficult for most people to steer clear of. There’s usually something innate that tells you the only way something can get done correctly is if you do it yourself or closely monitor as someone else does it.
The side-effect of micromanaging is that you usually end up being unproductive. As someone in a leadership position, your penchant for holding on to all the tasks instead of delegating will almost always result in your being an ineffective leader. You really don’t have the time for leading your team because you’re so caught up with the minor details.
Now it’s time to change all of that. It’s time for you to work smarter, not harder, and allow the team to handle what you don’t need to be involved with.
Here are four tips to help you work smarter, not harder:

  1. Solicit feedback from subordinates. Asking them to describe your actions and how they make them feel is a great way to gain an understanding of the impact micromanagement is having on the team.
  • Really listen to what they have to say and be open to their expressions.
  1. Provide adequate training. You might be fussing over every detail because you’re not confident in the level of training offered to the team members. If this is the case, ensure your team has the training they need.
  2. Discuss expectations. It’s possible that your team members really don’t know what is expected of them. In such scenarios, every attempt you make to check in on their tasks will be construed as micromanagement.
  • Spend some time discussing your expectations and giving them examples of what successful completion of a task or project looks like.
  1. Focus on the end result. You’ve probably encountered situations where you just can’t accept how somebody else does what you used to do. You’re convinced that nobody can do as good a job as you did, hence your obsession with micromanaging them.
  • Keep your mind on completion of the job instead of how it is done. That way, you’ll be better able to accept that somebody else is actually good at something that you used to do – and can even do it well.
  1. Appreciate the learning process. Remember that before you became a master at what you do, you had to go through a period of training, trial and error, and corrections. After all of that, you eventually started to perform at a high level.
  • If you don’t give your team members the opportunity to learn on their own, chances are they won’t ever get it right!

Your ultimate goal should be to get the most productivity out of your day as possible. As you have no doubt realized, that absolutely won’t happen if you spend your days micromanaging. Be smart about work and allow delegated tasks to stay with the people you assigned them to. You’ll be surprised to see how much more you can get done as a result!

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