Quotes & Sayings About Micromanagement

Micromanagement is the destroyer of momentum. — Miles Anthony Smith

Braque was used to this kind of crap; her mom had been a master choreographer of anxious micromanagement since Braque could remember. — J. Ryan Stradal

And I'm not a micromanagement guy. I prefer to spend my time doing other stuff than that. — Michel Gondry

Remember the Golden Rule? "Treat people as you would like to be treated." The best managers break the Golden Rule every day. They would say don't treat people as you would like to be treated. This presupposes that everyone breathes the same psychological oxygen as you. For example, if you are competitive, everyone must be similarly competitive. If you like to be praised in public, everyone else must, too. Everyone must share your hatred of micromanagement. — Marcus Buckingham

The challenge is to maintain a high-level, broad perspective, understand enough details to make sensible and executable decisions, and then delegate responsibility for implementation. "Microknowledge" must not become micromanagement, but it sure helps keep people on their toes when they know that the secretary knows what the hell he's talking about. If the secretary of defense doesn't — Robert M. Gates

The "result" of micromanagement is perhaps tangible in the short run, but more often causes damage for the long term. — Pearl Zhu

Authority - when abused through micromanagement, intimidation, or verbal or nonverbal threats - makes people shut down & productivity ceases. — John Stoker