How to Manage a Boss Who Micromanages Every Decision

The Difficult Boss Podcast with Fexingo: Managing Up, Toxic Managers, and Workplace Survival · Jul 17, 2026 · 9m · transcript

In episode 119 of The Difficult Boss Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna tackle the micromanager—a boss who needs to approve every email, sit in on every call, and review every line of code. The hosts break down why micromanagement often stems from the boss's own anxiety or pressure from above, not from a lack of trust in you. They walk through a real case: a project manager at a mid-sized logistics firm whose boss required daily fifteen-minute check-ins and final sign-off on every vendor email. Lucas explains a three-step framework—preempt the check-in with a written status update…