Stop Telling Your Employees What To Do and They Might Actually Succeed

We often think that first time managers are the only ones that have trouble letting their staff members do their own work.  But micromanagement that undermines employee effectiveness  happens at all levels.

Here's a recent HBR article that uses both anecdotal examples and scientific research to remind us that telling subordinates what the goal is (and letting them figure out how to execute) is far more effective and engaging than telling subordinates what to do, and how.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/04/stop_telling_your_employees_wh.html