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Confessions of a Recovering Micromanager

(in logistics)

Topics: • Management theory • Consulting • HR • Work practises

Vocabulary: “Bless their hearts ” = Aren’t they so sweet (they are, really) ? :-<>

“Hey…”

= Look around (!) (…and) … / Wake up (!) (…and) … “…(and) so…” = The results was/is // What I want to mention next is : The upside of… = … 的好的方面 “Micromanage” = 微观管理 “Go off the rails” (出轨) = Start to go (badly) wrong Please consider these Qs: • What are possible upsides to micromanaging?

• What are some downsides to micromanaging?

• What are some upsides to not micromanaging?

• What can you tell yourself when you feel like

micromanaging?

• Extension task:

Look through the transcript /listen (again) to the speech … …and decide where “so…” introduces a result clause … …and which times it introduces a new point/reference. Author (teacher-trainer)’s favorite further reading (a bit tangential but also useful …about time-MGMT):

“Deep Work”, by Cal Newport …. …(which receives an 8.2/10 on 豆瓣 and 4.2/5 on Goodreads.com). It appears on Douban here: https://book.douban.com/subject/26649613/ And a summary is here: https://evernote.com/blog/why-deep-work-matters-in-a-distracted-world/ No profit from further sales goes to me, the teacher-trainer and I also don’t benefit from further traffic to its website.

I simply recommend this book because I find it benefited me and I like to be pro-bono/altruistic sometimes/as often as possible. Please leave feedback on either the talk or the book or their ideas in the comments section. E.g. on: • Is deep, uninterrupted work valuable even still

today, in our highly connected world? • Are you micromanaged at work and do you like it

/ how do you plan to view or react to it in future?