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For questions about the tools and practices of management, including business management, project management, performance management and other management disciplines in the workplace.

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How do I tell my boss I successfully did something they asked not to bother trying?

The most tactful way is to present this as something you in your spare time and it did not affect your assigned production work at all. Present it in a way that you did it for trying to 1) improve the …
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