Give me the chance to shine!

A hot topic last week was micro-management.

The biggest problem with a control-freak or micro manager, isn't that they are wasting an enormous amount of time and energy and driving the people around them mad - although these are obviously serious problems.

No, the biggest problem a micro-manager creates is that they remove the opportunity to impress; by constantly watching over people's shoulder and continually putting in their own 10 cents (or is that 10 dollars) worth, they never give people the change to shine in their own right.

It's so important to allow your employees the chance to demonstrate their brilliance! Of course you will need to give them some key parameters within which to be brilliant, but allow them to join their own dots and bring their own talents to the party.

If you genuinely don't trust the people working for you, find new ones. But if deep down you know you have the right people for the job, delegate a task, and the responsibility for that task and then LET THEM GET ON WITH IT!