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I Was Wrong About Micromanagement.

My first performance review as a manager at Yahoo! taught me what most managers never learn in their career.

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Taha Hussain
Jan 05, 2024
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"Your team loves you but there were no promotions," my boss, the Chief Architect of Yahoo, started my performance review.

"So I gave you an 'okay' rating."

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Taken aback, I asked, "Why?"

"You've been a manager for only a year and might be making a classic roo…

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