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How to Manage a Perfectionist

Harvard Business Review

Case Study #1: Find a better job fit. Henry Chasen,* a director at a contract manufacturing company, managed Sean* for more than 15 years. Case Study #2: Redirect the focus. Insist that perfectionists change — they won't be able to unless they want to.

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

Harvard Business Review

Case Study #1: Integrate your interests into the job. Thomas Heffner is an engineer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, a university-affiliated research center that contracts with the Department of Defense. Case Study #2: Start doing the job you want.