• Mickey Drexler, the former CEO of Gap, told Yahoo Finance he learned from former Apple CEO Steve Jobs that micromanaging can be effective in getting customers what they want and deserve.

One of the great debates in leadership is how much managing is too much. Psychologists argue micromanagement is harmful, saying it stifles creativity, dampens motivation, and reduces productivity.

But some of the greats in business have shown micromanaging can lead to great success. Take Steve Jobs, for example. The former CEO of Apple, who died in 2011 from pancreatic cancer, continues to be revered as one of the greatest leaders in business history, but he’s also among some of the most famous micromanagers.

“He’s a corporate dictator who makes every critical decision—and oodles of seemingly noncriti

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