1. Estienne de Beer, author of Boosting Your Career, warns that sooner or later you will report to a micromanager who .......... controls and manipulates you to the point of desperation.

2. Harry Chambers explains that micromanagers always have their .......... up, trying to detect violations.

3. If you get frustrated and tell the boss to back .......... you get accused of having a bad attitude and not being a team player.

4. It feels as if you are controlled like a robot and .......... every step of the way.

5. Everything needs to get approved beforehand and .......... afterwards.

6. It is important to understand what motivates a micromanager to command and control, even if it is .......... .

7. Most micromanagers tend to have a controlling tendency and simply don't believe that outstanding work will be done without their constant .......... .

8. .......... skills and effective communication are the keys to successfully managing your micromanager.

9. One of the best lines of defence is your diligence in clarifying expectations and keeping a(n) .......... of everything that you have done.

10. Micromanagers need to learn how to transform themselves into leaders; micromanagers just twist your arm, but leaders .......... your opinion.