Creating Passion-Driven Teams: How to Stop Micromanaging and Motivate People to Top Performance

Chapter 4

The Cure for Micromanagement

To cure micromanagement, organizations must actively teach that each level in the Management Matrix requires:

• a different level of thinking/a change in how people think.

• a different set of core competencies/ responsibilities/duties.

• an ability to assess and adjust based on feedback.

Furthermore, each position in the company requires:

• a clearly defined list of competencies/ responsibilities/duties.

• an ongoing training and mentoring schedule.

Managers and team leaders must commit to understanding and applying themselves to the core responsibilities for the management role. As a reminder, here is the management level of the Management Matrix:

The above requirements are the primary prescription. Obviously ...