Ranjeet Kumar Performance Management Coach and CoAuthor #ranjeetkumar WinningItTogether is explaining the "How to Deal with a Micromanaging Boss"

No one wants to be micromanaged, going to work with despair, stress all day long, and being shouted at. The first step in dealing with micromanaging is understanding the reason behind a #micromanager’sbehavior. Here’s what else to do:

1. Understand the Reasons Behind a Micromanager’s Behavior
As we already mentioned, people micromanage for a number of reasons. To know how to proceed further and deal with your micromanaging boss, you first need to understand what triggers his behavior.

Maybe your manager is under a lot of stress too, maybe he’s had trust issues with previous employees or maybe it’s just his personality. To continue to the next step, you need to find out, so you can build trust and even help him overcome whatever it is that makes him act like that towards you and your teammates.

2. #Buildtrust
Trust is key to any healthy relationship whether that is love, friend, or work relationship, without trust it’s just a waste of time. If you want your boss to stop micromanaging you, you need to win his trust and show him that he can calmly delegate your tasks and give you the freedom of decisionmaking. Yes, we know that this is easier said than done, but that’s usually the case with trust – it’s hard to build, easy to lose.

You can try to demonstrate to your boss that he can trust you by delivering outstanding work (make sure to double or even triplecheck everything before you submit) and regularly communicate your progress (don’t wait for him to ask, take responsibility). Sometimes building a personal relationship can also contribute to building and improving trust in the workspace.

3. Share Your Feelings and Start a Discussion
That idea might be frightening at first, but one of the most direct approaches to dealing with a micromanaging boss is to simply share your feelings and start a discussion about the situation. Explain how his micromanaging behavior is negatively affecting your performance and overall workflow in an honest, polite, and calm manner. Don’t let anger take over you and don’t try to be defensive as this will not help you to improve the situation.

4. Set Healthy Boundaries and #RealisticExpectations
As part of the conversation above, it will be great to discuss and set healthy boundaries and realistic expectations. Establish clarity on the roles and responsibilities and expectations of you and your manager so there is no misunderstanding in the work process. Make sure to set boundaries too and let your boss know when he’s crossing them. That might also be frightening at first, but once all those things are communicated and lessons are learned, magical things in the workspace could happen.

5. Keep Up the #communication and TwoWay Feedback Going
Okay, so you’ve understood the reasons behind your manager’s behavior, you shared your feelings, discussed the situation, and worked towards building trust – great! But this is not the end. This is an ongoing process; you cannot change things overnight. You should constantly keep up the communication and twoway feedback going, so things don’t return to the way they were. Continue being proactive and talk to your manager to make sure that they’re happy with your output.

Be a Leader, Not a Micromanager
If you started reading this article because you’ve considered the possibility that you might be a micromanaging boss yourself, then by now you should already know the answer. If you’ve concluded that you are a micromanaging boss, don’t lose heart; micromanagement might be a hard habit to break, but with the right guidance, you can do it.





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