Definition of overmanage
overmanaged;
overmanaging
transitive + intransitive
: to manage (a group, organization, etc.) with excessive control and supervision
- overmanaging their staff
- … seemed to overmanage his bullpen in a couple of games when he didn't have to.
- —David Schoenfield
- If stress is caused by parents overmanaging their children, then mindful parenting seems like the opposite of the solution.
- —Hanna Rosin
- Control the tendency to overmanage.
- —Charles Curran and Lewis Miller
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overmanagement
play \ˌō-vər-ˈma-nij-mənt\ noun-
- … leadership thinkers … who may have overemphasized overmanagement …
- —Greg McKeown
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overmanager
noun, plural overmanagers-
- In practice, the overmanager physically or virtually hovers over her employees as they work on projects.
- —Gregory Alford
