...Your Boss Is Micromanaging Your Work
Lesson 4 from: What to Say When…Tips and Scripts for Tricky Situations at WorkIlise Benun
...Your Boss Is Micromanaging Your Work
Lesson 4 from: What to Say When…Tips and Scripts for Tricky Situations at WorkIlise Benun
Lessons
Class Introduction
04:20 2...Others Need to Know What You’ve Accomplished
03:00 3...Someone Else Is Getting the Credit for Your Work
01:55 4...Your Boss Is Micromanaging Your Work
02:23 5...You’re Getting Too Much Work
02:15 6...It's Time for Your Annual Review
02:19 7...Your Project Has Missed Its Deadline
02:49 8...Your Boss Is Getting Too Personal
01:59...Co-Workers Are Distracting You from Your Work
02:17 10...Dealing with Co-Workers That Ask Too Many Favors
02:09 11...The Client Doesn’t like Your Work
01:37 12...Your Manager Doesn’t Totally Understand Your Work
01:57 13...There Is a Miscommunication
01:55 14...You Make a Mistake
02:12 15...A Client or Co-Worker Doesn’t Follow Through
02:08 16...You Won't Make Your Deadline
01:57 17...You’re Getting Mixed Messages
02:16 18...Dealing with Unresponsive Colleagues
02:19 19...A Co-Worker Talks Too Much During Meetings
01:50 20...You Think You Deserve a Raise
02:10 21...Networking with Strangers or VIPs
02:31 22...A Meeting Goes off Track
01:49 23...You Need to Leave a Meeting Before It Ends
01:23 24...You Arrive Late to a Meeting
01:33 25Conclusion
03:40Lesson Info
...Your Boss Is Micromanaging Your Work
What to say when your boss is micromanaging and doing your work. So here's the situation: your boss, or sometimes a colleague, keeps jumping in and working on a project that is your responsibility. Making small changes, sometimes without telling you or telling you exactly how to do it. How do you get them to stop this? Well here's what you may be thinking but definitely should not say. Get off my back, mind your own business, why won't you just let me do me do my job? Here's the solution. This may have nothing to do with you because your boss may not trust anyone to get the job done right. So you need to make it clear that you are trustworthy and that your main goal is to get the project done right. Many times bosses jump in because they don't have visibility. They can't tell what's happening and they're worried it's not getting done. So provide regular updates so that they're reassured that you've got this. So here's what you could say. You could try curiosity and say, 'I know this is...
just one of many responsibilities you have. Is there a reason you want to be hands-on in this project? Is there something I can do better so you don't have to worry about it?' Or you can try generosity. How can we integrate or adjust our process to make things go smoother? Would it help if I made a checklist of how I intend to go about this and get your feedback before I move ahead? Or you probably don't want to be in every meeting but I'd be happy to invite you to the bigger update meetings so you're kept up to speed on the project because it seems really important to you. You could also try humor in this situation and say something like, 'You just can't keep your hands off of this project. You must really love it.' So the overarching idea, the big lesson here is that their micromanaging probably has nothing to do with you. So try to figure out how to best collaborate while also, little by little, showing them they can relax and trust you with the work. Reassure them that you've got it handled and provide updates along the way. They should relax in no time. Makes sense?
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Love the format of this course - it was so great to be able to select a specific situation, and then quickly learn a couple of approaches to each one.
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