"When the goal is behavior change, unless the boss is extremely powerful, **authoritarian decree often works poorly even in simple situations,** like the apple tree case. Increasingly, in complex organizations, this approach doesn’t work at all. Without the power of kings and queens behind it, authoritarianism is unlikely to break through all the forces of resistance. People will ignore you or pretend to cooperate while doing everything possible to undermine your efforts. "**Micromanagement tries to get around this problem by specifying what employees should do in detail and then monitoring compliance**. This tactic can break through some of the barriers to change, but in an increasingly unacceptable amount of time. Because the creation and communication of detailed plans is deadly slow, the change produced this way tends to be highly incremental." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[leadership]], [[change-management]], [[organisational-development]], [[leadership-vs-management]] **Source** -- [[20250320103315 - B - Leading Change]]