Often times, people think a micro-manager is someone that stands over the employee’s shoulders every hour. But that’s not totally true.   There are other traits to a micro-manager that you may be falling into without knowing it.

• If you haven’t taken vacation, you may be a micro-manager
• If you haven’t delegated the lead of some of your staff meetings, you may be a micro-manager
• If you haven’t allowed your team to run the show, you may be a micro-manager.
• If you are afraid of taking a day off, you may be a micro-manager.
• If you are afraid of what will happens when you are not there, you may be a micro-manager
• If you haven’t allowed your team to fail, you may be a micro-manager

Instead of being afraid of what happens when you are not there — allow things to happen by not being there. You may be pleasantly surprised.

If you don’t allow people to try these things on their own, you miss the opportunities for growth and excellence in both them and YOU. If you are too busy taking on other people’s responsibilities, you don’t have the time for your growth and promotions.