Micromanagement only means either one of two things: a) You've not hired competent and responsible enough people to follow the high level directions and they ne

Micromanagement only means either one of two things: a) You've not hired competent and responsible enough people to follow the high level directions and they need handholding. b) You've not hired confident and articulate enough people that they can trust others to be able to execute their vision. Which usually boils down to hiring processes which are generally shallow and mediocre in our industry no matter how much pride we take in them. There's rarely any other reason.