Micromanagement stifles creativity and initiative, leading to frustration and disengagement.
Refusing to delegate doesn’t make you thorough—it makes you a bottleneck. When you hover over every detail, you prevent your team from thinking independently. Employees feel undervalued and demotivated when their contributions aren’t trusted. You become the hindrance to progress, not the facilitator. And your team stops trying to solve problems because they know you’ll just take over.
Take Action: Notice when you feel the urge to jump in and fix something yourself. Pause. Ask: “What would happen if I coached them through this instead?”