Micromanagement Maven Gifts

"She bathes him. She feeds him. She burps him. Mother's a real micromanager."

Let's get organized

Jack of all trades

'A few more years in this job and you'll learn how to delegate stress.'

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

Drool Marks

"Does anyone here have a clue what it is we used to get?"

"We went for Scandinavian interiors."

"I don't have to be a team player, Crawford. I'm the team owner."

"And this is a $20,000 ‘meditation room’ — can you believe it?!!"

'Once, long ago, I thought I was wrong...but it turned out I was mistaken.'

Corporate Team Building. Team. Hey, everybody, I've just been told our CEO fled the country while we've been doing our truth exercises.

"May I skip the usual Show & Tell and try to hustle some merch?"

'I think it's time to rein in Henderson.'

"Just go with the workflow."

'What can I do to create a climate where things get done?'

'Sorry to interrupt Dixon - but this is not what I meant when I said this company needed more blue-sky thinking!'

"Someone, call the office and see if we can get a fresh carrot."

"First of all, let me commend everyone on the teamwork displayed on this icebreaker. Secondly, let me apologize for some of the motivational language I used during this session..."

'Well OF COURSE I rotate the tires! How do you think I got here?'

Man carrying his boss.

"Despite years of management training john still found it difficult to give negative feedback."

The worker/the man who monitors the worker/the man who wrote the draft policy guidelines on how to monitor the man monitoring the worker.

'There's an absence of leadership in this authority,we need to explore the possibility of thinking about setting up a sub-committee to look into it.'

"Tell me more about your imposter syndrome."

"Dad, did you know Tia Carmen got a job at my school cafeteria?"

"What kind of crazy management scheme is this?"

'Office of not much budget, and even less management! Yomp speaking!'

"I need a pitchfork that's just a pitchfork."

"May I remind you that my core worth as a human being remains constant, and isn't tied to external validation."

'How dare you accuse me of sinking this company?'

'Hmm...this new management fad is crazy enough that it might just work...'

'Attention, all department heads: the buck stops there. I've had it!'

Categories are the key to organizing.

Reconnaissance reports your email blast to Sales was a direct hit, with acceptable collateral damage in Finance and Accounting.