Quote Originally Posted by Onion View Post
I have five direct reports: marketing director, sales director, bids director and presales director and hr director. They are my areas of focus. The also have areas of focus, i.e. HR has provide incoming flow of candidates, optimize motivation, keep staf happy etc. areas of focus. When we have regular meetings I run with them through their AOFs and projects, noting down next actions they promise to do till the next meeting. I end up with my system full of their projects

Is that so-called micro-management? If the answer is yes, then what should I ask during our weekly meetings to have that at the proper management level?
Onion,

I find it hard to tell from what you shared if you are indeed micro-managing. But if I worked for you, I could clearly tell! I've been micro-managed and it's not pleasant for me. (some people like to be micro-managed...I am not the manager for them!)

One thing that stood out for me within your comments was how you end up with your system full of their projects. I manage a number of people and I have them track their own stuff and don't add it to my list. When I meet with them I may have a Next Action on my list of something like:

Ask Peter the status of the deck project.

but I wouldn't have the deck project in my list, if Peter is the one handling it.