EP. 55 Get Off The Radio, You're Micro-Managing

Professionally Offensive

It can be a tendency for managers to micro-manage their employees and many of them don’t know they're doing it. The main reason for this is an underlying issue- Lack of trust. Managers lack trust in themselves and their people, which manifests into a toxic work environment. Micro-managing originates from a managers insecurity about their ability to create a foundation and environment for their people to thrive. Lack of training, clear communication and leeway to make mistakes all contributes to the suffocation of a Team's will to win. When Leaders spend the time to communicate, train and inspire their people, they develop a trust that allows them to walk away from a given task knowing that their Teammates will find a way to be successful. Unfortunately, many training and development budgets are the first areas to be cut during a financial planning cycle, because it doesn’t clearly ROI. Joseph shares how elite Teams are able to prepare their Teammates through rigorous training, clear expectations and giving space to make mistakes. Small mistakes now, equal big wins later. Joseph also shares that contrary to what the movies depict, there usually isn’t much chatter on the radio, when it comes to military operations. Great Leaders give their people on the ground trust and space to execute the objectives they were asked to accomplish- Not hover over them. The mark of great Leaders is their ability to create an environment of trust and step back and let their people get to work.