| | FEATURED CONTENT |  |  | What to do when your boss is a micromanager | | While it’s unfair to paint all young supervisors as micromanagers, it’s a fairly common trait among new federal leaders for at least three reasons. First, new supervisors are often promoted as a result of their exceptional performance doing the job of the people they’re now supervising. We tend to do what we know best, and so it’s natural for new supervisors to continue doing their job – and maybe your job too. A new supervisor could also be getting to know his or her new employees and as such will tend to provide more direction than less when initiating a project with their new team. Micromanagement can also result from a new manager’s team needing a higher level of direction and not being aware of this situation. Depending on the circumstances surrounding the transition, the previous supervisor may have become relaxed in providing feedback, and as a result, the team might have grown accustomed to relatively less supervision when in fact more guidance is needed. » Read more | | | | |
