Micromanagement Quotes

“Authority—when abused through micromanagement, intimidation, or verbal or nonverbal threats—makes people shut down & productivity ceases.”
― John Stoker, Overcoming Fake Talk: How to Hold REAL Conversations that Create Respect, Build Relationships, and Get Results

“Micromanagement is the destroyer of momentum.”
― Miles Anthony Smith, Why Leadership Sucks™ Volume 2: The Pain, Pitfalls, and Challenges of Servant Leadership Fundamentals

“The “result” of micromanagement is perhaps tangible in the short run, but more often causes damage for the long term.”
― Pearl Zhu, Change Insight: Change as an Ongoing Capability to Fuel Digital Transformation

“Micro-managing creativity kills it. To encourage creative brilliance, foster an atmosphere where it can thrive and then step out of the way and let it happen.”
― Stewart Stafford

“I've had enough of it already. Shining armour. Dawn parades. Forced marches. Midnight inspections. Penalties for sloppy salutes, uncombed crests, talking after lights out. The man's mad.”
― David Gemmell, Legend

“Those who like to command and control others are always scared of their authority been challenged or criticized.”
― Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

“It's time to get rid of the micromanagement style. Develop microencouragement. It's our role to innovate in how we lead the people our organisation.”
― Janna Cachola

“When you run a shop, you gotta know how to chase away the prying eyes. Knock ‘em off balance with a question, and then keep pushing ‘til they flee.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation

“This much being said, don’t get trapped into microallocating people’s time. Allocating personnel-months is sufficient for most projects of any strategic significance.”
― Rita Gunther McGrath, The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Strategies for Continuously Creating Opportunity in an Age of Uncertainty

“Things should always be done their way, no matter how brilliant your ideas may be”
― Elelwani Anita Ravhuhali, Sometimes it's your workplace: "A toxic workplace doesn't end at the office ,it follows you into every part of your life."

“When you encounter certain things, shame may overwhelm you to a point where even admitting to yourself that you're under unbearable conditions becomes so hard”
― Elelwani Anita Ravhuhali, Sometimes it's your workplace: "A toxic workplace doesn't end at the office ,it follows you into every part of your life."

“If they mention your achievements, it seems they assume it steals the limelight that they so desperately crave”
― Elelwani Anita Ravhuhali, Sometimes it's your workplace: "A toxic workplace doesn't end at the office ,it follows you into every part of your life."

“Perhaps the uproar and the tantrum were the realization of the lack of control she had on the outcome of other team members' performance, that despite her desire to only be the one recognized, other team leads were comfortable praising their teammates.”
― Elelwani Anita Ravhuhali, Sometimes it's your workplace: "A toxic workplace doesn't end at the office ,it follows you into every part of your life."

“The majority of the organizations assume that highly experienced individuals in certain areas, perhaps people with over 26 years' worth of work experience in the same company in specific expertise, make for great managers. Many organizations are being led by individuals who have been within the company for a significant number of years”
― Elelwani Anita Ravhuhali, Sometimes it's your workplace: "A toxic workplace doesn't end at the office ,it follows you into every part of your life."

“This, I noticed, has left a lot of teams with high resignations because having experience in specific areas doesn't necessarily mean one has people's skills.”
― Elelwani Anita Ravhuhali, Sometimes it's your workplace: "A toxic workplace doesn't end at the office ,it follows you into every part of your life."

“Leadership is about transforming people. It is about recognizing the power you have and opt to use it for the greater good of the transformation of people within the team.”
― Elelwani Anita Ravhuhali, Sometimes it's your workplace: "A toxic workplace doesn't end at the office ,it follows you into every part of your life."

“Micromanagement happens when you keep power to yourself. Empowerment is when you give power to your team.”
― Nick Chellsen, A Leader Worth Imitating: 33 Leadership Principles From the Life of Jesus

“You can reduce organisational stress by reducing micromanagement.”
― Harjeet Khanduja, The Storytelling Leader and other stories

“I'm not in the babysitting business.”
― Sasha Laghonh

“In the context of conflict resolution, wu wei encourages us to approach disagreements with a sense of controlled (but not controlling) detachment. Instead of imposing our will or trying to micromanage the outcome, we learn to flow with the present moment and allow the situation to resolve itself naturally.

This doesn’t mean being passive or indifferent. The practice of wu wei … is about finding a delicate balance between action and inaction. We speak our truth when necessary, but we also recognize when silence is the more prudent and persuasive course of action.”
― Sol Luckman, Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality