Tag: Micromanaging

Is This Micromanaging?

An HBR piece on micromanaging has been making the rounds lately. Well, at least it has been promoted heavily. It got me thinking about the tension between directing and empowering when leading. A story that I heard some years ago featured the designer Calvin Klein and his instructions f...

Designers: To deal with micromanaging clients, just say this

I recently saw a post on LinkedIn claiming that only 20% of the requirements for a design position are hard skills such as ability to build in Figma or design in a game engine. The other 80? Soft skills, like communication, organization, and client management. This article will focus on mana...