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Don’t “Microbuild” or Micromanage the Workplan

After my first month on the job, I felt like things were going very well. I had met with many people at Mega Manufacturing, and I felt my work was helping people to save valuable time, while also making the company money by increasing productivity. I was also further strengthening an old friendship with Wayne Moretti, a vice president and my new boss.

Wayne and I went back a long way. He hired me as an associate IT specialist right out of college, when we both lived and worked in New York, and took an interest in my professional growth and development. Later, after I had moved to Atlanta and Wayne ...

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