Confessions of a Micro-Manager
Who would want to work for a micro-manager? Someone who is on your back for every little thing. Did you do this? Did you do that? And always checking up on you. Working under those conditions would make anyone nervous and question whether you are the problem and maybe you just can't do the job. Here are some reasons I think managers can get possessive: I'm not sure I can trust you. Your boss has to trust that you will be able to get the job done in order to reliquish some of their control. Do you know what you are doing? A manager has to have confidence that you know how to do your job. If they don't, they will hover until they are sure. This is the way that it is done. Some managers like to have things done their way and if you don't do it their way, they think you are doing it wrong. I never wanted to be a manager. I had been for a short time years ago and thought it was just something I was not very good at, but years later, I became a manager again. I was nervous...