2024-11-21T11:39:42-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150188737/dealing-with-micromanagers-in-architecture Sean Joyner 2020-03-09T16:09:00-04:00 >2020-03-10T13:49:04-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b5/b541f9bfa7da4ea4dabe54982cf1df37.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>I remember in one of my earlier jobs after college, I had a supervisor who had a tendency to continuously check in with me after he had assigned me something to work on. On top of that, he wanted to control how I went about doing the work. It made me overwhelmingly stressed out, and my performance showed it. In fact, everyone who worked under this person ended up underperforming.</p> <p>Contrast that with another supervisor I had at the same firm. She'd give me clear direction on something to work on, some pointers on how to go about it, and then leave me alone. We'd have milestone meetings, but these occurred far less frequent than me being asked every 45 minutes, "how's it going?" or "how much longer do you think it'll be?" or "oh no, you should do it this way instead, it's faster."</p> <p>The result of being given more space, more autonomy, and more freedom was an exponential increase in the quality of my work, my productivity, and my peace of mind in the workplace. But, micromanagers are inev...</p>