In this episode of Remote Tea, Mike & Katie go into the weeds with a few articles on micromanaging and give pointers to bosses who are managing from a distance. The articles discussed in this episode are:

• https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/work/the-rise-of-helicopter-bosses-and-what-to-do-if-you-encounter-micromanaging-in-the-workplace
• https://hbr.org/2022/10/what-great-remote-managers-do-differently
• https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20221130-the-remote-helicopter-bosses-who-stunt-worker-resilience
• https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220621-the-employee-surveillance-that-fuels-worker-distrust
• https://www.gailgoldenconsulting.com/insights/remote-micromanager

It's highly probable that everyone in the workforce will come in contact with a supervisor that wants to control every aspect of their work life. Often they don't mean to be hovering, that is just their personality or their trained behavior. With remote work, micromanagers or helicopter bosses actually kill productivity, increase burn out and create an unpleasant culture. Studies have shown that employees are more productive when they are given the autonomy to do the job at their pace. Tune in as Katie and Mike discuss their experience with helicopter managers as well as articles that could help remote managers avoid the micromanaging curse.