Why is my entire day eaten up by meetings and micromanagement?
Constant meetings eat up entire workdays while team members remain reluctant to take ownership and require input on every task. This leaves managers overwhelmed and unable to focus on bigger responsibilities.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Reading management books like 'Turn the Ship Around'
- 2Asking team members 'What do YOU think we should do?' instead of making decisions for them
- 3paying more for management
- 4setting clear boundaries with clients
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I've been pulled into meetings and projects that pertain to this team. These meetings have been eating 100% of my time all day every day.”source ↗
“some of the team seem to be really reluctant and require my input on practically every task they've been assigned.”source ↗
“The hardest thing to deal with is employees not staying bc it's long, hot and well basic pay until you own it. Plus some guys steal tools and break stuff constantly”source ↗
Where this came up
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