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Old 07-26-2016, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by bbbbbb View Post
OK, one of the best Engineering Managers I ever knew and a guy who really was number one in getting a job done, said this at a meeting once:
Please do not come into my office and proceed to tell me about all the good things, we all see those items, we are surrounded by good things happening and we all enjoy it when we come to work.
Tell me about the problems, big and small and tell me about what you are doing to solve those problems, that is an assurance to me that our progress and all the good things will continue as we go forward.
Very good approach to engineering problems. But I bet even your manager would have agreed that it can overdone.