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The main distinction between management and micro-management is whether people resent talking to you.
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Micro-management often a result of going to great lengths to get information because people dislike/distrust, don't want to tell you things.
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Micro-management is also a way to avoid accountability. If you are doing *so much* and the team is failing it can't be you. But it is.
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To know what's going on in team try being interested in them as human beings & as engineers. Being non-judgemental & trustworthy is KEY.