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“Manage Your Micromanager”

Filed under On the Job
Posted by Libraries, July 23, 2007
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Beverly West, Monster.com Career Advice
http://content.monster.com/articles/3493/17464/1/home.aspx

Is Your Boss Constantly Looking Over Your Shoulder?

When one feels competent and comfortable with one’s job responsibilities, the last thing one wants is to deal with a boss who is constantly checking in to size up work progress and being hypercritical of small mistakes. After all, being a supportive, accessible boss who gives constructive feedback when needed is one thing; being perceived as a control freak micromanager is quite another.

In this article, the author offers several strategies to combat and ideally overcome a problematic work relationship with an overbearing boss. The strategies involve a self-assessment (e.g. are you giving your boss any reason for her to lack faith in the quality of your work?), trying to understand why the boss might act as she does, tips on how to diplomatically broach the subject with the boss, and a sure-fire way to prove that you work well independently. As well, the article includes advice on how to take advantages of workplace support systems when the boss simply won’t change her behavior and you feel like your self-esteem has taken quite a beating.

With patience, perseverance, and a solid sense of your worth, this article might just save you from the last-case scenario it mentions: finding a new job. In addition, some of the tools presented in the article are equally useful when dealing with any controlling person in your life. Almost everyone knows at least one.

—Peter Simm