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Control Freak

an observer's guide

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This site is a series of personal observations from Jay Daley. All content on this site is original and protected by copyright.

You can contact me at jay [at] controlfreak.net.

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  • Dissecting bullies
  • All your successes are belong to us
  • Trapped
  • Too important even for politeness
  • Spotting a control freak at job interview
  • I love the employees but I hate the individuals
  • Rewriting history
  • My picture is bigger than yours. No, no, mine is even bigger
  • Celebrating the ordinary
  • Pointless predictions
  • Total control – the end game
  • Physical discomfort
  • Everything I do is so much harder than anything you do (the hero expression)
  • “I could talk about …” but then doesn’t
  • Losing it
  • A monopoly of ideas
  • Setting up a straw man
  • But you’re the one who caused the problem!
  • Perfection is the enemy of the good
  • Sustaining a culture
  • Stick to the plan, no matter what
  • How to tell a lie
  • Two-step argument trick
  • What price consultants?
  • A duty to share knowledge
  • Making enemies
  • No competition allowed
  • You remind me of me
  • Your time to communicate starts now
  • Moving along a piece of thread
  • Bad news doesn’t flow up
  • Telling little lies to stay invisible
  • Layer upon layer of control
  • Who’s in your team
  • A team of individuals or extensions of yourself?
  • Reading people
  • How many people can a manager out-vote?
  • Management amplification
  • Job drift
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