micro mangers

spidermonkey · Jan 7, 2006

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erjulie · Jan 10, 2006

Any advice on how to handle micro mangers?

We're having a huge problem with just this issue....any advice would be appreciated. There is not ONE decision that can be made by senior staff/ charge nurses that does not have to be run though the Director (who is currently managing the unit due to no manager...)It is demoralizing and extremely frustrating. It makes one want to run screaming from the room. And, God help you if she finds out that you are not happy and totally accepting of every pronouncement, retribution is swift and painful.

Any suggestions?

kitty=^..^=cat · Jan 10, 2006

Micromanagers are evil -- just plain evil...

I worked with this "Chief Clinical Officer" for awhile, and she honestly believed it was her job to micromanage. She and I went to this conference on business development skills together, and this whole big session was dedicated to basically saying that if you're "micromanaging, you aren't managing".

She told me that people hate being micromanaged, because the majority are just incompetent and HAVE to be micromanaged. Her little management mantra was (and probably still is) "you can't EXPECT what you don't INSPECT".

GAG!!!

I didn't report to her, but her micromanagment tactics frequently impacted my ability to do my job. She didn't allow any of her managers to plan for process improvements, develop policy/procedure revisions, etc. without her direct involvement at every step along the way. The clinical managers that reported to her couldn't make their own hiring decisions, which I thought was absolutely insane.

I tried to talk to her and even pointed her in the direction of some articles and self-development books that might help her out, but she refused to recognize that she had a problem.

I eventually left that facility - she was 85% of the reason why.