[malvosenior]

Why can they not be trusted and measured? I trust my employees and encourage them to be creative and autonomous. I also expect people to ship their progress regularly and work in strategic alignment as helped by the direction I provide in our regular meeting cadence.

It's a weak manager that's constantly concerned about their reports not being productive. Nothing in the world is easier to spot than someone who doesn't produce. You don't need to optimize for that, when it happens, deal with it. Optimize toward keeping your team motivated.

[justbaker]

Does the employee deliver? That should be a yes/no answer. Micromanging employees minutes is an ineffective distraction to reaching that goal of delivery. The more autonomous each is while still moving in the direction of the common goal of the team, the more trusted they can be.

[malvosenior]

Absolutely. You will get the best work out of an employee if they have as much autonomy and creative input as possible. I've never understood why that's so difficult for a lot of managers to realize. I suspect most people aren't cut out for leadership because they don't have the trust, confidence or lack of ego required to motivate people without power tripping on them.

[Xelbair]

>> Micromanging employees minutes is an ineffective distraction to reaching that goal of delivery.

i would say that it is a very quick way for employee to reach towards a new company.