Sick of my SM micromanaging the entire engagement. How to deal with this? If he won’t trust me to deliver the project, what are my options? Advice needed. Thx

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Does your SM even know the subject matter? If so you got one on me. Mine subscribes to "Dive bomb" management. He swoops in. Causes a bunch of chaos, catches some flak up his tailpipe and then goes and circles to the next run.

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^Jack - I think it’s our other manager - Bob

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