So true Mike. It's important to see the effects of micro-management on the side of the employee as well. When employees are micro-managed you stifle innovation, creativity, and initiative. People will become so accustomed to being told every little step to make that they will only do something when they are told to do so. Not to mention the minute direction needed to ensure it gets done.

This is terrible for morale and burns out the manager. It's exhausting trying to keep up on all the minutia attached to 30 or 40 people. Most parents struggle with 2 or 3 kids!

A very important part of leadership is trust. If you're micro-managing, you're communicating that you don't trust your team. Whether you meant to communicate this or not, that is the message being received. If employees don't feel that you trust them, they're not going to trust you.

Thanks for sharing this!