Original sentence: Although very good at his job, Neil occasionally comes across as a rather artificial and disingenuous person.David allows his employees to accomplish their tasks by their own means, as long as they get the job accomnplished, whereas Neil insisted that things be done a certain way.David catches him playing Wiffleball in the office, after Neil criticized him beforehand about office productivity.He quickly becomes the object of Brent's resentment and envy.Neil is constantly seen criticizing David's methods, and finally makes David redundant because of it, as well as David's defensive attitude when questioned about it.Neil is everything that Brent mistakenly thinks he is himself:  funny, talented, popular and competent.Throughout the series, Neil and David's biggest disagreement is David's management style
Edited sentence: Although very good at his job, Neil occasionally comes across as a rather artificial and disingenuous person, though this shows itself most cleary in the Christmas specials.He is constantly seen micromanaging David, viewing his jigsaw methods through a mere keyhole, rather than looking at the larger picture.He quickly becomes the object of Brent's hatred and envy.However, plenty of evidence exists that Neil is not only a more competent manager, he is a better leader and inspires both greater respect and higher production from workers beneath him (see the opinions of Neil's people coming in from Swindon).However, this is an opinion through the biased eyes of David, as the argument could be made that Neil only sees David as an incompetent, distracted blowhard and is required to micromanage David because David prefers to design quiz shows instead of meet expectations.Neil is everything that Brent mistakenly thinks he is himself: witty, funny, talented, popular and competent.The main difference between Neil and David's management style is that David doesn't care how his employees accomplish their tasks, as long as they get the job done, whereas Neil prefers his employees to do things his way