Management issue: “Helpfulness” is determined by receiver, not giver

Barry: “I’m helping.” || Employee: “You’re being a micromanaging asshole.” || This is a dichotomy, and a problem. Continue Reading

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The ecosystem of mistakes being made at work

Like many things at work, this is about how good at their job your manager is. Continue Reading

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Managers think they’re “coaching” when they’re actually micro-managing

ROFL, but perfectly logical. Continue Reading

Reality check: Consistently revising something might make it worse, actually

Revision bias. Continue Reading

Effective decision making is about basically one thing

Effective decision making

The brain psychology of management kind of kills the idea of effective decision making. Continue Reading

A ‘thought partner’ is the type of manager you want to be

Thought Partner

The opposite of micro-managing. Continue Reading

Micromanaging: Can it be prevented?

Micromanaging

We’ve all had the micro-manager boss. But where does he/she come from, and how can he/she be prevented? Continue Reading