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Planning

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Whenever we have a department meeting, our manager puts me on the spot. If I make a presentation, he challenges me with impossible questions. If there is a discussion, he calls on me in the middle and asks a tough question. This is embarrassing and annoying, but I don’t know how to get him to stop. What can you suggest?
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I asked the employees in my department to put together their goals, and all but one did a good job. One employee said he could not develop his goals without knowing mine first. I told him to look at his most important responsibilities and he would have no problem developing his goals. What do you think?
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