From the course: How to Manage Your Manager

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Beat micromanagers to their own questions

Beat micromanagers to their own questions

From the course: How to Manage Your Manager

Beat micromanagers to their own questions

- [Woman] I would like to talk a little bit about, give one specific strategy about what I see as the boss that most people hate the most. - [Man] Oh, let's do it. - [Woman] All right, so the micromanager is the one that comes up all the time about the one that drives people crazy. The micromanager is the boss that's always over your shoulder, that is always telling you what to do, doesn't give you an authority, and is, you know, just on you all the time. And most people find this really frustrating, because we like to have some autonomy at work, right? We like to stretch our own creative muscles and we like to be able to make our own decisions. And so the micromanager, while it's probably the most, annoying the most people, is also the easiest one to manage up to. - [Man] Okay. - [Woman] And do you want me to tell you how you do it? - [Man] Please do, yeah. (laughs) - [Woman] All right. It's so obvious. What…

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