# micromanagement
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17:04Micromanagement as a signal, not a personality flawAoife O'Brien: I think it's really about asking those questions. So, let's take micromanagement as an example, because I think this is, it's, dare I say, and you know, you can let me know whether you agree with this or nEP 255 · 4 Dec 2025·interview· 17:04–21:5321:53What younger Aoife would tell herself about being micromanagedAl Elliott: So, if you were to go back to slightly younger Aoife, who was in this situation where she was being micromanaged, is there anything that the slightly more experienced Aoife might say which could have fixed thEP 255 · 4 Dec 2025·interview· 21:53–27:1536:49Workplace Surgery: Calling out a micromanaging colleagueAl Elliott: Interesting. Okay. Thank you very much. That was a good one. I really, really liked that one. Yeah. This is sounding more and more professional by the week Leanne Elliott: Oh, thank you Al Elliott: Okay. So wEP 252 · 25 Nov 2025·workplace surgery· 36:49–42:0750:06Workplace Surgery: Managing first remote hire without micromanagingAl Elliott: Okay, on to question number 3. How do I manage my first remote hire without becoming a micromanager? This is great. This is— I like when people ask questions like, this is about to happen, I want to avoid thiEP 248 · 11 Nov 2025·workplace surgery· 50:06–57:4518:00Story 3: AI performance monitoring: productivity boost or micromanagement nightmare?Leanne Elliott: What happens when AI is used to track, monitor, and, and evaluate employees? Well, well, no, probably not. Um, this is an article that I saw posted by Matt Smead, who is a business psychologist, posted onEP 178 · 11 Mar 2025·news roundup· 18:00–22:472:44News: Micromanaging vs. giving too much freedomLeanne Elliott: It's time for the news roundup. Cue the jingle. What have you got, Al? Al Elliott: An article in Inc. magazine this week asked the question, if micromanaging is bad, can you go too far the other way? WhatEP 92 · 23 Apr 2024·news roundup· 2:44–5:1416:10Workplace Surgery: The micromanager with a diagnosisAl Elliott: It could be nononymous. Yeah. So, so let us know if you've got a question. Oh, and by the way, Leanne doesn't see these beforehand Leanne Elliott: No Al Elliott: So, no. So we literally— so you— when I'm editEP 92 · 23 Apr 2024·workplace surgery· 16:10–20:17
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