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How to Handle a Micromanager #shorts

Name: How to Handle a Micromanager #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-09-25T19:00:00+00:00
Duration: 58 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this concise YouTube short, Shanli Liu uses an elevator metaphor to explain why micromanagers slow progress. She advises against immediate push‑back…

25 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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In this concise YouTube short, Shanli Liu uses an elevator metaphor to explain why micromanagers slow progress. She advises against immediate push‑back, suggesting instead a three‑step strategy: (1) resist the urge to confront, as resistance can be perceived as a threat and increase control; (2) initiate a conversation to set specific update times and formats for the next two weeks, thereby building trust and demonstrating reliability; (3) after the trial period, request a reduction in update frequency, showing that you can maintain performance with less oversight. Repeating this cycle gradually shifts the manager’s expectations, allowing you to work more efficiently with minimal micromanagement.

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How to handle a micromanager. A micromanager is like someone who hops on your elevator and then presses the button to every floor. It's just going to slow you down. It's not that they don't know it's an elevator, they're just afraid they're gonna fall. So here's what to do. Number 1: Resist the urge to immediately push back against them. If you do, it's like jumping down on the elevator. Their anxiety is gonna perceive it as a threat, which means more control, not less of it. So we have to be smart. So what we're gonna do is, number 2, have a conversation with this micromanager and ask them, what are the times of the day that I need to update you on X, Y, and Z? And what does What does that update need to look like? We're going to schedule it and follow that schedule for 2 weeks. We are building trust by showing them that the elevator is working. Number 3, after that, you then have another meeting where you say, hey, for the last 2 weeks, I've kept up with everything. I haven't let you fall. I'd be able to move even faster if we'd lower the amount of updates. And that's your new baseline for another 2 weeks. Then you do it again and you do it again. And now you're at a place to show them that you are most efficient working when they don't press the button. So try that and follow me.