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 →