micromanager

Examples

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• Those in power routinely chant the mantra that they are "approachable" and "open-minded," even if they are in reality closed-minded micromanagers.

  Academic text (2008)

• Working under the authority of a micromanager is grueling, and those under such a leader are often tired and frustrated at their inability to accomplish anything.

  Academic text (2011)

• And of a, you know, a really hard worker, I mean, somebody who works from morning till night, a micromanager in some ways.

• And, and I believe being a micromanager is not something that you need to, that you, you need to be ashamed for.

  High Performance

• The amount of stress being eaten by a micromanager is massive and boy do they spread it around.

• Meet the micromanager.

  Blog text (22)

• Either I am like a micromanager and I'm like doing everything myself, or I am loosey goosey and I don't care.

  Colin and Samir

• They dive into products too much instead of letting their direct reports spread their wings to fly. The micromanager has been known to dictate every step of the way.

  Blog text (22)

• So essentially what we used to have is a programmer was like a micromanager, and he said step by step, here's what you're going to do.

• Bob Woodward, in his book The Agenda, constructs a portrait of the president that reinforces the image of a micromanager reluctant to delegate.

  Academic text (1997)

How Controlling

control freak

• Offensive

35 5.8

micromanager

2 6.8

manager

∞ 1.6

delegator

1 4.7

hands-off

26 5.3

Surface Forms

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Etymology