hands-off
Letting things unfold
Hands-off describes a style of management or involvement that avoids direct interference or close supervision: She takes a hands-off approach with her employees.
The term suggests trusting others to handle things without micromanaging.
It can also mean not touching: a hands-off policy for museum exhibits.
The opposite is hands-on.
Transferring responsibility downward
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- trustConfidence in another
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
flexibility · discretion · latitude · permissiveness · leniency · independence · deference · noninterference
Freedom from prejudice
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- noninterferenceAbstaining from involvement
- nonpartisanNot aligned politically
- disinterestedFree from personal stakes
unbiased · laissez-faire · nondirective · noncommittal · evenhandedness · fair-minded · uninstructed
Withdrawal from involvement
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
- distanceSpace between two points
- reserveSupply kept back
- remotenessQuality of being faraway
withdrawal · noninvolvement · passivity · uninvolved · unobtrusive · removed · standoffish · abstention
delegation
Transferring responsibility downward
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- trustConfidence in another
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
self-governance · flexibility · discretion · latitude · permissiveness · leniency · independence · deference · noninterference · nonintervention
impartiality
Freedom from prejudice
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- noninterferenceAbstaining from involvement
- nonpartisanNot aligned politically
disinterested · unbiased · laissez-faire · nondirective · noncommittal · evenhandedness · fair-minded · uninstructed
disengagement
Withdrawal from involvement
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
- distanceSpace between two points
- reserveSupply kept back
remoteness · withdrawal · noninvolvement · passivity · uninvolved · unobtrusive · removed · standoffish · abstention · bystander
- inactioninaction, passivity, doing nothing, stillness, immobility
- free marketsfree market, free enterprise, free trade, free markets, laissez-faire
- labor idiomsnose to the grindstone, burning the midnight oil, pull your weight, crunch time, work like a dog
- service modelssubscription, freemium, pay-per-use, pay per use, on-demand
- managementmanagers, management, executives, boss, supervisors
- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
hands-offhands-on
Involving direct physical engagement
active · interventionist · involved · engaged · participatory
hands-offmicromanaging
Excessive control over details
hands-on · controlling · interventionist · authoritarian · dictatorial
hand, handle, hands, handful, handled, handling, handed, handles, handler