Under New Management - How do I get the One with the Shadows achievement? [duplicate]

I've completed all the side quests and main quests for the guild but still haven't received the achievement for returning the thieves guild to its former glory.

When I try to speak to Brynjolf he just keeps saying "sorry lad I've got important things to do"

Any ideas how I can get this achievement?

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In order to restore the Thieves' Guild to its former glory and assume the title of Guildmaster, you must perform 4 'special jobs' across four major Holds of Skyrim: Whiterun, Markarth, Windhelm, and Solitude.

In order to get a special job, you must first complete 5 smaller jobs in that hold. To get a job, talk to Delvin Mallory or Vex. The small job targets are randomized across the major holds and a tally of the small jobs is not visible to the player.

Jobs can be accepted and quit at will so if you have done all the jobs in a perticular hold select to quit the current job and ask for a new one (It can be the same style of job) untill you get the hold you need. After completing 5 jobs in a particular Hold, Delvin Mallory will offer a Special Job in order to increase the Thieves' Guild influence in that Hold.

Once you have completed all four Special Jobs, it will start the 'Under New Management' quest. From here you can talk to Brynjolf to officially assume the title of Guildmaster but you will need to retrive you Thieves Guild armour so Do not sell it.

All of the above info and much more detailed information can be found at trueachievements.com

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From what I know you must complete all of Vex's and Delvin's side quest which are described as extra jobs by the Guild NPCs You must complete all the quest successfully without getting caught in the quests where you must pickpocket or steal something. Once this is done you talk to Brynjolf

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That seems to be a bug. If you're playing on the PC, installing the Unofficial Skyrim Patch should fix that issue.

Its related fix is:

Brynjolf will no longer dismiss the player's conversation indicating that he's busy after the Thieves Guild questline

^{Full Unofficial Skyrim Patch changelog}