My Director and I don’t see eye to eye. Our personalities clash, sometimes he sits in meetings I have with my staff in silence to observe. The micromanagement is making me feel like I’m going to get fired soon or something.

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Been there, it’s tough. You gotta work it out and change your attitude to the situation. Try to empathize by seeking to understand his perspective. Easy to fall into an endless cycle of rumination that gets you nowhere. All else fails, get staffed on something else.

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