Here's how you can maintain productivity while handling a micromanaging boss.

Maintaining productivity with a micromanaging boss involves proactive communication, setting clear expectations, and demonstrating reliability. Regularly update your boss on your progress to preempt frequent check-ins. Clarify goals and deadlines to ensure mutual understanding and minimize misunderstandings. Showcase your competence by consistently delivering high-quality work on time. Seek feedback constructively and show appreciation for their input to build trust. By managing the relationship effectively, you can create a more autonomous work environment and maintain your productivity.

O mais importante é manter a calma, a paciência e a determina??o em alcan?ar os seus objetivos, sem deixar que o comportamento do chefe afete o seu desempenho profissional. O equilíbrio entre atender às expectativas do chefe e manter a sua autonomia e criatividade é fundamental para garantir o sucesso no ambiente de trabalho.

While you want to do what you can to mitigate your bosses anxiety, it's also really important to understand that there's nothing in your power that can change how they feel. Sometimes we can get stuck in a cycle blaming ourselves and feeling responsible for something we cannot change. Instead of getting to a place where you're walking on eggshells, focus on how to show up for yourself and have your own back regardless of their words or behavior. If you don't have your own back with a challenging boss, then no one does.

The key steps to set boundaries effectively: 1. Know yourself, your values, your needs, your non-negotiable (invest in introspection and self-development!) 2. Remove the inner beliefs that stop you from setting limits (e.g., "if I say no, I'm less valuable and lovable") 3. Communicate your boundaries, clearly, with respect and confidence (practice, practice, practice and ask for help from a professional!)

The suggestions to over communicate (vs resist because it feels 'ridiculous' or a 'waste of time') as well as to create regular check-in points (daily recaps, weekly status reports) are helpful. But setting boundaries is the most essential. Your boss has a very activated nervous system. Their brain thinks they are in mortal danger, flooding their body with adrenal and cortisol whether it's a late project or being chased by a lion. This can lead to you having an activated nervous system from the constant worry of when they're going to pop up next. Find ways to manage the stress by learning how to complete the stress cycle. You can't just remove the stressor (turn off notifications), you also need to process the stress itself.

When dealing with a micromanaging boss, build TRUST by: - Being proactive - Being reliable - Respecting and recognizing your boss's triggers - Coming up with a solution (or path to a solution), not only with problems TRUST is a powerful way to ease your boss's anxiety and micro-managing tendencies!

Don't resist this part. Even if it feels like you're spending more time communicating what you're doing rather than just doing it. Your job is just as much about managing your boss as it is about doing the 'real' work.

I disagree with this. Grow your skills because you want to grow your skills, but don't do it because you think you can alter the way an anxious person who is in a chronic state of stress sees the world or you or your work. You cannot control how someone else feels. You can mitigate the most obvious pitfalls, but the rest is outside of your control and will make you an anxious person too if you think you have the power to truly change the situation.

One of my first bosses told me: 'Come to me with solutions, not problems.' Even if you don't have all the solutions, propose a path to get there or a problem-solving approach. The best thing you can do for your boss is to remove work and worries from their plate... Being proactive, positive, and solution-oriented is a major way to achieve that!

A lot gems shared by experts for this question...so I'll keep it concise. Micromanaging is typically about the ego and self-protection. It doesn't feel good but it isn't about trying to be harmful to anyone. How can you support another person feel more secure in their ego? How can you help someone see you are part of their success not an opponent towards it? If you can do those then the relationship begins to have more overlap and potentially develop more trust so that the control and self-protection volumes can go down. If you have no interest in working for and with this type of person then it will be tough trying to manage up in this way.