Comment by clwncr

Overcommunication is a failure to provide appropriate context, with a side of bad delegation and overinvestment in process.

Without context, manager communication is noise. It's a waste of everyone's time and is functionally sabotage because it disempowers people. Worse, the problem can compound itself when a team gets demotivated and the manager tries to solve "lack of ownership" by spending even more time trying to direct behavior.

Good managers give their team appropriate context and tools, and then trust the process. Good organizations train and support managers in doing that.