You might be facing very byzantine leaderships. But you might also be severely overestimating your skills. Not only your technical ones but your political ones.

You might be facing very byzantine leaderships. But you might also be severely overestimating your skills. Not only your technical ones but your political ones. A key requirement for a leadership position is being convincing. Social intelligence is of paramount importance. Leadership is not about technical acumen. It's about managing people. Getting them to trust you. You can't get people above to trust you and you think you will be able to make people bellow do?