{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Bad Bosses: The Micromanager","description":"When organizations hire managers they tend to look for experience in a similar role, or someone that might be able to take the team or organization to a higher level or a different strategic place. It\u2019s rare to come across hiring teams that select managers on a \u201cdoes not drive their team crazy basis.\u201d And there are few management issues that people complain about as much as this one: micromanagement. We discuss: What is micromanagement? Why does it occur and what happens when it does? How to deal with micromanagement from three perspectives: as a senior leader wanting to ensure it\u2019s not happening, as a leader who wants to be a good leader, as a subordinate who is being micromanaged. Links and Other Information Related episode: Bad Bosses\u2013The Technical Expert Who Fails at Leadership   Tavanti, M. (2011). Managing toxic leaders: Dysfunctional patterns in organizational leadership and how to deal with them. Human Resource Management, 2011, 127-136. Click here  Alvesson, M., & Sveningsson, S. (2003). Good visions, bad micro-management and ugly ambiguity: Contradictions of (non-) leadership in a knowledge-intensive organization. Organization Studies, 24(6), 961-988. click here  All episodes of The Indigo Podcast Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter ","author_name":"The Indigo Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/indigopodcast.libsyn.com\/website","html":"