Micromanagers: The Relationship Between Fear and Control

Available for Interviews: Roger Hall

Dr. Roger Hall has a doctorate in Counseling Psychology, is an Executive Coach to entrepreneurs and leaders, and is an in-demand public speaker throughout North America.

 

What Dr. Roger Hall can say in an interview about: 
The Relationship Between Fear & Control:

Exploring Fear & ContRol

• Why people are micromanagers.
• If you’ve ever had a micromanaging boss, that boss is likely to have been very afraid.
• Fear and control are inextricably linked.
  

• Fear leads to control or information gathering.
• The more I fear something the more I desire to have control.
• We see this in how we walk our dogs and how we interact with our children our coworkers and our families.
• Why we have leashes for our dogs. 
• When I don’t have control, I switch to “information gathering.”
• We see this in behavior on railroad platforms and television watching. 
• Why people watch the weather channel.
• Looking down the track. What people do while waiting for the train.
• Control—you will never trust until you do the terrifying thing and let go of the leash.

 Solution

1. 1.  Understanding what a controlling person fears will help you to act to reduce their fear.  
   2. If you are a controlling person, knowing what you fear will be only the first step in becoming less controlling.