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leadership that mistakes control for competence and turns every task into a hostage situation.
means a management style where a boss obsessively monitors and controls small details instead of trusting people to do their jobs.
from the term surfaces in management writing around the 1970s-80s, built from micro (small) plus manage, describing bosses who couldn't resist rewriting the memo they just asked you to write.
trust proxyoften masks a manager's own anxiety, not employee incompetence
turnover drivercited as a top reason employees quit good jobs
cc culturethrives on cc'ing everyone on everything, always
opposite skilldelegation, the thing it's usually covering for
for instance
steve jobs early apple — reportedly redesigned icons and fonts himself, line by line
elon musk factory floor — known for sleeping at tesla plants to inspect production lines
marissa mayer yahoo — required detailed daily reports from teams as ceo, 2012 onward