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How to Manage a Perfectionist

Harvard Business Review

They tend to be impatient with or hypercritical of others and they're not good at delegating. "On Accept that they may not be good managers as they are likely to demand too much of their people (see "hypercritical" and "bad at delegating" above). Case Study #1: Find a better job fit. Case Study #2: Redirect the focus.

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Don't Like Your Job? Change It (Without Quitting)

Harvard Business Review

Some people make radical moves; others make small changes" in how they delegate or schedule their day, Wrzesniewski says. Case Study #1: Integrate your interests into the job. Still most of his tasks — managing schedules, developing contracts, reviewing documentation — involved working alone.