An Open Letter to (Micro)Managers

You go girl

That's my dog. You go! Who has the has the Big Kahunas now!

Excellent! Would you like to come to my exit interview with me?

That. was. awesome.

:bowingpurViva, if I could give you a dozen kudos for this, I would!May I please add a postscript?PS: BTW, dear Micromanager,You may be the boss but you don't know everything. Instead of trying to destroy your employees' morale and their self-confidence, you might be wise to listen to them. Some may have more education than you. Some may have more experience. Some may have insights gleaned from working in other facilities and some may just be smarter than you. Try to bring out the best in your people. Don't belittle them or dismiss their ideas. They may be right and you may be wrong.And please, if you cannot muster even a modicum of respect for your staff, at least pretend otherwise when you are dealing with them face-to-face. You regard your staff with about as much distaste as you would a dead, rotting rodent. Do do be surprised, when you are rude to your staff to their faces and badmouth them behind their backs, that they do not respect you, either. Lastly, remember that people are working in your facility for a reason. Give them a reason to be glad they are there. No, you don't have to hold everyone's hand or gush praise effusively every minute of every day. A simple "thank you" goes a very long way. If you cannot do this, do not be surprised when your employees leave and you cannot find help to save your soul. If you treat people with dignity, they will bust their backsides for you. If you treat them like dirt, don't blame them for leaving.THAT FELT SO GOOD!!!

Well said! I know I feel better after reading it!

YOU GO GIRL! That's what I'm talking about. Not so sparkling in that ivory tower now is it?

I think I could have written that, but you did it better.

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I worked for a micromanager ONCE.He tried so hard to micromanage me that he went nuts NOT being able to.Poor guy.

You sound like the kind of manager I aspire to be...a good one

Funny how just yesterday i was venting to my husband how i go above and beyond at work and yesterday i get call on why a wound culture was not done for the nasty moody RN lab lady who comes on the floors on lab days (which i totally overlooked b/c it was tucked away in a lab book where it should have been outside a "memo" book thats kept in nurses station!)....also why weren't vitals done for a monthly renewal...Just the other day i worked with one of the laziest nurses ever she didnt do SQUAT and yet THATS the nurse they claim gives 110%...hmmmm...makes u wonder...THANK YOU VIVAS!!...this letter made me feel lm not the only one going through "micro mgmt"