overcontrol

Definition

To exercise excessive or unnecessary authority, management, or restriction over people, processes, or decisions.

Etymology

Formed from the prefix 'over-', meaning 'excessive,' and the verb 'control,' which derives from the Medieval Latin 'contrarotulare,' meaning 'to check against a duplicate register'.

In the news

The article uses the term to describe a negative behavioral reflex of leaders trapped in a scarcity mindset, where they attempt to micromanage instead of making clear, strategic decisions.

Oren Shabat Laurent and the Leadership Dividend of Clean Money

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