That the competent performance of this essential function may be fraught with political complications is supposed to be a challenge for our politicians, not our intelligence agents.

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The answer is that his performance is effectively projected and entirely competent, allowing for the fact that he's miscast.

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Hence the exhausting cycle of constantly monitoring their work and performance, which in turn makes children feel less competent and confident, so that they need even more oversight.

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And it is not surprising that the study found that individual managers matter, because it measured employee satisfaction in terms of things that are controlled by individual managers, such as clear performance targets, the availability of proper equipment for a job, the presence of competent colleagues, and the attention of a caring supervisor.

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