Stop Micro-Managing Your Employees by Erik Heinrich ...................................................................................................

In today's fast-paced business environment most companies are in a constant state of transition. With employees being bombarded by change from every direction, managing them has become more difficult than ever.

How do you motivate your workforce and turn around negative attitudes? How do you become a boss people like to work for even though you keep raising the performance bar? U.S.-based author and management consultant Alexander Hiam offers some interesting answers to these questions in his book Motivational Management (Inspiring Your People for Maximum Performance).

As Hiam sees it, the fundamental problem is that most managers are using command-and-control techniques to motivate their workers: they issue orders, and then ensure compliance with threats or rewards. Hiam calls this applying level-one management to a level-two business environment. To be effective, however, managers need to step back and adopt a level-two management style. Instead of micro-managing employees by giving too many specific directions, managers should instead focus on nurturing the necessary competencies and qualities needed to for success in the workplace.