Micromanagement Three of Obama's former Defense secretaries have spoken of a tendency toward micromanagement that they feel has hurt Obama's efforts.
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"Micromanagement from Washington, DC, does not win battles," he said.
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"Micromanagement from Washington, DC, does not win battles," Trump said.
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Expectations that are sky high and the micromanagement runs wild.
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This fixation leads to "worry and micromanagement," paradoxically worsening insomnia.
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Some of its provisions amount to "excessive micromanagement," he charged.
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I don't think this new bill is micromanagement by any means.
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I voted "no," but the agency's majority chose micromanagement over markets.
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Unlike Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, Dorsey deliberately refrains from micromanagement.
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While micromanagement can be necessary for short-term situations like onboarding new team members, increasing the productivity of underperforming employees, and controlling high-risk issues, long-term micromanagement can be detrimental to you and your team.
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Critics also complain of micromanagement by the Casa Rosada, the presidential palace.
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Instead, they've dreamed up what threatens to become a megaproject of micromanagement.
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"Micromanagement from Washington, DC, does not win battles," Trump said in August.
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Several former employees accuse Fadell of a micromanagement that stifles product releases.
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Would Congress, with its history of micromanagement, ever allow them that flexibility?
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Myanmar could well end up learning the follies of micromanagement the hard way.
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I've said this before: net neutrality is the exact opposite of government micromanagement.
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And it undercut claims that Washington seeks to avoid micromanagement of the economy.
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Beijing's micromanagement of the pace and pricing of new listings has fanned speculative bubbles.
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He charged that parts of the bill amounted to "micromanagement" of the intelligence community.
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But if he did, he said, the title would be Episodic Micromanagement Is Underrated.
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"It does not lend itself to micromanagement-free management," he told me, somewhat drily.
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This will reduce federal micromanagement and increase modernization and job creation at our airports.
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The second Dawn of War was obsessed with micromanagement of small squads of troops.
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Micromanagement is unavoidable, but that's the price of executing on your own, personal war effort.
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"Setting enforcement priorities is not micromanagement, that's what every law enforcement agency does," agreed Cooper.
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The broader problem is that California's micromanagement poses a risk to the rest of the country.
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Micromanagement can needlessly impede the pace of operations, forfeit opportunities, and put lives at greater risk.
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"You need to have light touch, market-based regulation, not micromanagement from Washington, D.C.," he added.
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The CHOICE Act's micromanagement of the FSOC even dictates how the council should hold its internal votes.
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"There is a need for more micromanagement," he said on the sidelines of the Tokyo Motor Show.
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A robust single-payer system must retain proper congressional oversight while constraining toxic micromanagement and special interest pleading.
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President Donald Trump came into office vowing to unshackle his military commanders from years of Obama-era micromanagement.
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Micromanagement from Washington, a side effect of these silos, has led to poor decision-making and crisis management.
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Decades later, the Zebus could still be found grazing in pastures across the island, symbols of Mr. Castro's micromanagement.
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The European Commission, conceived as an agent of economic liberalization, became a byword for regulatory overreach and technocratic micromanagement.
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The fast pace and constant micromanagement inherent to RTS games made them ideal for playing with a mouse and keyboard.
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Another part is an ongoing culture clash inside the company and micromanagement that several former employees said cripples product development.
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Privately, many disliked micromanagement by Mr Obama and aides who seemed to think of American interventions as a destabilising menace.
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Those concepts translate to Civilization VI well, replacing the previously optional, boring city micromanagement with more engaging macro-level choices.
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But they and John DeFilippo, the new quarterback coach, had already started ingraining a system of micromanagement into their protégé.
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Shteinberg gives these three key tips: Shteinberg says that micromanagement often stems from a boss lacking confidence in your work.
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It will restore Internet Freedom by ending government micromanagement and returning to the bipartisan regulatory framework that worked well for decades.
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Spurning the received opinion that micromanagement is a bad trait in bosses, Mr Musk prides himself on being a "nano-manager".
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Although it can be tough to let go of a tendency towards micromanagement, doing so can work wonders for your productivity.
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Falwell said the task force will work in response to what he says is "overreaching regulation" and micromanagement in higher education.
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Location: Deerfield Beach, FloridaEmployee quote: "Very laid back and relaxed atmosphere, dress down, no micromanagement, just do your job and enjoy."
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Pentagon brass had long chafed at what they considered to be the micromanagement of military operations by the Obama White House.
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Military commanders chafed under Mr. Obama's tight controls on troop deployments and war making, which some of them saw as micromanagement.
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In a 2012 email, one Purdue Pharma sales official complained about Richard Sackler's micromanagement of the company's sales and marketing activities.
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The planned stockmarket listing of part of Aramco, the state oil giant, suffered from Prince Muhammad's micromanagement and has been postponed indefinitely.
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Without federal micromanagement and liberated from Washington's oppressive process for control, oversight and compliance review, Texas could radically streamline its Medicaid administration.
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In reality, they amount to little more than the arbitrary and open-ended micromanagement of a family by an unaccountable government worker.
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Mitchell tells me there's no difference between a thoughtful herbalist's touch and the micromanagement necessary to produce a considered cask of beer.
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Such a system would reap some of the efficiencies that make these systems appealing while avoiding the individualized micromanagement workers find galling.
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This legislation set the stage for federal micromanagement of Puerto Rican affairs, setting up a control board to attempt to cut expenses.
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Micromanagement Is Necessary One reason people may want to work for a startup is that the company culture is more informal and relaxed.
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The Last Guardian arrives in poor condition: sluggish controls, a camera that requires constant micromanagement, questionable checkpoint placement, and an inconsistent frame rate.
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At the same time, another pervasive stereotype declares that the up-and-coming generation constantly demands feedback to the point of requesting micromanagement.
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Central bank short term micromanagement of interest rates and lower growth targets produced a slowdown in shadow banking and mortgage lending in February.
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With such a large staff, the NSC drifted into operations — some have used the term "micromanagement" — rather than remaining focused on policy development.
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And although he agreed that micromanagement has been a problem, he argued that it could happen with a smaller number of staff, too.
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The agency has rejected other companies' requests to block other climate-related proposals this year, though under different rationales than claims of micromanagement.
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Some of this is due to factors Carlisle can't control, but there are players on that roster who would benefit from less micromanagement.
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To these officials, it is a classic case of micromanagement — and emblematic of the way Mr. Tillerson has approached running the State Department.
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Citizens directly gain the benefit of a lower tax burden through greater economic growth, greater wealth creation and less micromanagement of personal decisions.
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AlphaStar was particularly good at what's called "micro," short for micromanagement, referring to the ability to control troops quickly and decisively on the battlefield.
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I oversee a very small staff of people who are are great at their jobs and therefore do not need micromanagement, which I love.
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Workplace stressors — layoffs, long and unpredictable work hours, micromanagement and excessive job demands — increase employees' risk of depression, anxiety, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and death.
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His investment fund is named Micromanagement Ventures Portfolio, or M.V.P., both a sports reference and a wry joke about his well-known leadership style.
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As we and many other analysts have argued, the national park system is contending with significant challenges, including deteriorating infrastructure and micromanagement from political authorities.
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The Reagan administration correctly recognized the harms caused by federal micromanagement of local infrastructure investment and proposed the PFC to reduce federal power over airports.
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Len Stevens, the university's chief spokesman, told NBC News that Falwell would bring a focus on "overregulation and micromanagement of higher education" to the task force.
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Each described an atmosphere of micromanagement and disillusionment, a therapy clinic placing too big an emphasis on client retention at the expense of therapists' well-being.
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In other chapters, Soufan gives a detailed portrait of Al Qaeda's more bureaucratic operation, describing bin Laden's long view of history and his penchant for micromanagement.
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Nonetheless, Mr. Trump has given Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and top military commanders, who complained of micromanagement by the Obama White House, more freedom to maneuver.
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After law school, I worked for two small law firms that allowed me a lot opportunities to be in the courtrooms and run cases with little micromanagement.
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Tesla's Elon Musk quickly comes to mind, not least because of his micromanagement style but also because of his notable failure to grant autonomy to other executives.
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Intimidation, public shaming and micromanagement — as alleged by Wells Fargo employees — will create a culture of fear in which people think they must deliver at any cost.
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This is the objective of the Medicare Advantage program, which would also eliminate the need for inevitably-politicized micromanagement of payment for each of thousands of procedures.
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"You can go down the micromanagement rat-hole and analyze every nuance of every word that Fed members say," said Jeffrey Rosenberg, chief fixed income strategist for BlackRock.
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It's usually suggested that whoever controls the pairing's purse strings has embarked on a massive micromanagement conspiracy to prevent the couple from revealing their love to the world.
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But Sanders is drawing attention to a recurring sore spot for Amazon, which has defended itself against numerous reports of rigid micromanagement, low pay, and dangerous warehouse conditions.
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If elected, Trump promised to put top generals into key jobs — and then to give them the freedom to fight America's wars without micromanagement from the White House.
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The use of the word "micromanagement" bears scrutiny here because all it really means is that the FCC has the legal right to enforce the rules as needed.
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On express orders from the previous White House, the FCC scrapped the tried-and-true, light touch regulation of the Internet and replaced it with heavy-handed micromanagement.
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In an opinion piece for Fox News on Monday, Morici said Clinton was devoted to the "economic micromanagement by government regulation" that yielded indifferent results under President Barack Obama.
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As for micromanagement and secrecy, Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury select committee, correctly noted that EU talks always leak, so the government might as well publish details itself.
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Chicago (CNN)A top White House advisor is hitting back against former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' criticism "micromanagement" by the National Security Council hurts President Obama's foreign policy approach.
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"The CHOICE Act makes a positive move away from government micromanagement, and returns to basic principles of safety and soundness and market-driven principles," he said in a statement.
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Why do so many legislators, including conservatives, just hand over child nutrition policy to those who want federal micromanagement of school meals and welfare for everyone, regardless of income?
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But micromanagement has led to a chronic undersupply of homes and thus to bubbly prices in big cities, where growth is strongest, and to a glut in smaller, weaker cities.
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"All of President (Barack) Obama's former Defense Secretaries have complained about micromanagement by the NSC," Thornberry, chairman of the powerful House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, said in a statement.
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Unfortunately, like the numerically driven enforcement model, the formal community policing strategy implies that officers cannot be treated as professionals, trusted to exercise proper judgment in any situation without micromanagement.
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In the runup to Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in some striking micromanagement, once firing a top Russian Olympics Committee official because a ski jump complex was behind schedule.
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What we saw in the Obama administration, especially toward the end of his two terms, was the micromanagement of huge military operations in the Middle East and around the globe.
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As a general matter, many provisions in the legislation "go well beyond oversight and into micromanagement" of the intelligence community, wrote Clapper, who was appointed by outgoing Democratic President Barack Obama.
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In recent months, his micromanagement has even reached into the ranks of municipal governments, forcing the resignations of six mayors from some of Turkey's most important cities, including the capital, Ankara.
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And he said that MPs who demanded a vote were confusing accountability, which the government promises to observe through many questions and debates, with micromanagement of negotiations best carried out in secret.
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Where the Obama administration was deliberate to the point of alleged micromanagement in approving tactical and personnel decisions, Trump has given military leaders latitude, often putting a premium on speed and force.
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The grandeur of "2001"—the product of two men, Clarke and Kubrick, who were sweetly awestruck by the thought of infinite space—required, in its execution, micromanagement of a previously unimaginable degree.
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In 2014, the Obama Administration put Russia and China's march toward government micromanagement of the web on hold by announcing we would finally complete the privatization of the DNS promised in 1998.
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Its provision requiring that 28500 to 6900 percent of content be made by workers earning $2628 an hour or more also sets a bad precedent of government micromanagement in the production process.
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Not every team at ThirdLove has had this experience; the data, engineering, and design teams all seem happy with how Zak and Spector run the organization and are insulated from the micromanagement.
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The inherent flaw of Dodd-Frank, according to the senator, was the federal government's notion that complete control and micromanagement of the financial industry would be an effective solution to prevent future mistakes.
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In one field office, a psychologist sent to defuse internal tensions heard complaints of "micromanagement" of cases and of Botox inquiries wasting "valuable agent time" and antagonizing relations with U.S. attorneys, documents show.
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Harder difficulties demand more careful applications of force, but the kind of micromanagement required to monitor frontline fights while also building reinforcements at home is made even more frustrating by the gamepad controls.
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The late game requires a lot of micromanagement By that point, I stopped trying to manicure each of my new cities, turning growing settlements like Tokyo and Osaka into industrial and research powerhouses.
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But competing with specialized brands such as Suunto and Garmin is tough, as the watches from those manufacturers come with zillions of features and micromanagement options that the Huawei device just doesn't have.
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Another official said his style going back to his days as FBI director was to set tone and expectations, and signing off on decisions, but leaving his team to do their work without micromanagement.
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Following their respective retirements, President Barack Obama's former secretaries of defense, Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta and Robert Gates had all publicly complained about what they called "micromanagement" of military policy by the White House.
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The workers say that due to Amazon's strict packaging targets and break micromanagement, they simply don't have the time to trek to bathrooms — which can be few and far between in Amazon's huge warehouses.
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But he said last year that morale among mortuary staff was "horrific," and he described the work environment as "toxic," suggesting micromanagement by uniformed leaders with no experience in the funeral industry was to blame.
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Bring the right people along with youA big part of the founder's job is to find the right people to join the team, and then letting them do their jobs without a lot of micromanagement.
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By letting my son learn from his own mistakes and rejecting the micromanagement and over-scheduling of helicopter parenting, I hope to set him on a path to becoming a good person with a kind heart.
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Between being a Mana-like role-player, all questing into caves and defeating dungeon-lurking boss creatures; and more of a micromanagement-heavy settlement simulator, like Animal Crossing I suppose, mixed with a little Harvest Moon.
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Net neutrality rules aren't "government micromanagement," they're the exact opposite: they are a condition of possibility for the competitive anarchy that has defined the internet and allowed companies to rise and fall without permission from their ISP.
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Even before ExxonMobil's annual meeting, America's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had sided with the company by agreeing that an emissions resolution brought by the Church of England and New York state's retirement fund amounted to micromanagement.
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Mr. O'Brien often notes that both Democrats and Republicans have long said the council, whose staff peaked at 236 policy staff members during the Obama era, had grown unwieldy, prone to micromanagement and in need of culling.
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"On express orders from the previous White House, the FCC scrapped the tried-and-true, light touch regulation of the Internet and replaced it with heavy-handed micromanagement," Pai said Thursday prior to voting to repeal the regulations.
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Bottom line: "If the SEC is shifting its view on what micromanagement means, it has implications for almost any proposal you file, from human rights to the environment," said Kanzer, whose investments are not in fossil-fuel companies.
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"The level of hostility toward us, the insulting and offensive way in which we are being treated by the imposition of these quotas, by the imposition of these rules, the micromanagement of our daily dockets, it's frankly unprecedented."
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The problem is that it looks like Beijing also knows that and is willing to push the envelope a bit, and feels that with micromanagement – with deleveraging this part, deleveraging that part – we can ride this out longer than otherwise.
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Trump administration officials have described the changes as a deliberate effort to empower the military and reverse the protocols that defined the Obama administration's oversight of military campaigns that much of the top brass described as micromanagement that needlessly hamstrung commanders.
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The situation with EOG is different for two reasons: The SEC's decision came after the agency issued new legal guidance in November that appeared to some investors to broaden the definition of micromanagement, which can be grounds to block proposals.
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Richard Spencer, the secretary of the navy, balked at this micromanagement of military justice and was soon fired (he was also accused of trying to cut a deal with the White House behind the back of his boss, Mark Esper).
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" The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mike Mullen said "we must not confuse oversight with micromanagement of personnel policy," adding that it would be "unprecedented for lawmakers to place themselves between loyal service members and their doctors or commanders.
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Now immersion in video games comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, whether you're on a killstreak in Call of Duty or deep into micromanagement in Civilization, but with virtual reality there's a particular opportunity for gamers to inhabit a character.
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Deliberate effort Trump administration officials have described the changes as a deliberate effort to empower the military and reverse the protocols that defined the Obama administration's oversight of military campaigns that much of the top brass described as micromanagement that needlessly hamstrung commanders.
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Lúcio might seem like the easiest healer to use due to Crossfade's passive effects — as long as allies are nearby, you're helping — but like every other Overwatch hero there's a lot of ability micromanagement you can do to make him more effective.
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And there are multiple stories of additional micromanagement, including a Washington Post report of an Interior order last month to remove two climate change experts from participating in a tour of Glacier National Park on the day that Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg was slated to visit.
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Advance a peace process to bring the war to a successful conclusion that protects U.S. interests and respects the service and sacrifices of the American and Afghan people; To implement this strategy, the Trump administration needs to reverse the growth of White House micromanagement.
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The Definitive Guide to Business with Marcus Lemonis In this week's episode of CNBC's "The Profit, " Lemonis revealed how a California-based company bringing in millions in sales is on the brink of closing due to one of its owners' control and micromanagement issues.
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At CNN, his setup is comparatively modest but seems to suit his metabolism and inclination toward micromanagement: His small office opens onto the newsroom, his desk positioned to face a wall of 11 television screens, so he can constantly monitor his network and its competitors.
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Having watched cavalry units wedge themselves inside infantry scrums for years, re-enacting the Charge of the Light Brigade with every battle, it was a huge relief watching the cavalry's AI behavior start to supplant some of the fussy micromanagement those units have always demanded from players.
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The International Civil Aviation Organisation, the UN agency that oversees worldwide aviation standards, has urged all 22000 of its member countries to extricate their air-traffic control from government bureaucracy and political micromanagement—so they can manage the explosive growth in air travel with greater safety and effectiveness.
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Nearly all American commentators, including General Martin Dempsey, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have pointed a finger at Mohammed Bin Salman, concluding that his style of micromanagement and brutal disdain for dissent make it inconceivable that he was not directly involved in the murder plot.
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Experts say the use of the MOAB as well as the U.S. Tomahawk missile firing on a Syrian government air base as punishment for the regime's alleged use of chemical weapons are both examples of how the current president is more willing to use military operations and with less micromanagement.
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Most of our conversation, however, was about the big changes Frictional has undertaken since Amnesia blew up, what it's like to give up micromanagement, how he's handling Amnesia fans becoming Amnesia developers, and what lessons have been learned about some SOMA players being turned off by the game's scary enemies.
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Just as important, his conduct of the conflicts in Afghanistan and against ISIS in Iraq and Syria has demonstrated an equally commendable deference to the judgment of his commanders rather than the sort of White House micromanagement and second-guessing of the military that characterized Obama's record as commander in chief.
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Now, President Trump — who just settled a fraud suit against his Trump University — has asked Liberty University's president, Jerry Falwell Jr., a stern critic of accreditation rules, to head a White House task force on higher education, assigned to focus on "overregulation and micromanagement," a Liberty spokesman told NBC News.
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A technical specialist who moved from a longtime classic store to a newer location when Ahrendts started said Apple retail "now feels more like a Circuit City, a Best Buy," citing increased micromanagement, rising price of repairs, focus on getting people in and out of stores as quickly as possible, and a strong emphasis on attracting business accounts.
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Whether that is the league's ridiculous position on sharing GIFs and video among fans and even among the teams themselves, its micromanagement of celebrations to the point of unintelligibility, its continued inclusion of the Cleveland Browns as a professional team, or its morally bankrupt treatment of players for decades, the NFL has become a huge bummer in so many ways.
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" (I like to imagine this kind of micromanagement was simply Wilder's way of getting deeply into character, and that he was messing with the wardrobe department and the rest of the cast and crew.) Johnny Depp said he drew inspiration from game show and children's hosts like Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Rogers for his 2005 portrayal of Wonka, saying "they put on a mask to get that all-important positive smile.
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Fans and gamers are furious, and, well, so am I. Starved of a real CNC RTS since 2008's Red Alert 3, Rivals continues EA's experimentation with free-to-play and MOBA-style games (Command & Conquer 4 & Tiberium Alliances are not really considered by any serious CNC fans to be actual CNC games, as far as I know.) Based on what I've seen, Rivals takes everything that is fun about RTS games—base building, resource management, chess-style strategy, and the fact that games can last five minutes or five hours—and turns it into a frenzied micromanagement fest.
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