Can You Generate Trust with a Micromanager?
I'm having a difficult time trying to come up with a good, solid, plan for dealing with a serious micromanaging manager. He's a decent guy, but I'm not sure if it's "just his way", or if it's an issue of trust that causes him to be so involved in every single detail of the work I do. After a full year of delivering good stuff, and even asking me what I thought he should do in a lot of situations, I'd think we had established the trust necessary for him to be able to give me something to be done, and then walk away until I had something to show him.
But that is clearly not the case.
So I'm beginning to think that it's not trust at all that's the issue. Problem is, I really don't have any other idea what it could possibly be. I'm going to try and ask him about it in our monthly planning meeting coming up in a few days, but I wonder if he's even aware of the issue?
Probably not.
In fact, I'm guessing that he thinks this is what everyone likes. That, in fact, this is the preferred way a manager acts to his people. If he likes it, then why wouldn't we?
I think I may have my work cut out for me on this one.
May not even be possible, but I think it's worth at least a few questions to see if he's aware of the situation.