I had a manager like that. The bottom line is who he was talking to. Every decision was based on not losing face or winning the current meeting and if that mean

I had a manager like that. The bottom line is who he was talking to. Every decision was based on not losing face or winning the current meeting and if that meant affecting earlier decisions, he could roll the current meeting back also, no? Just not now, but later. The thing which helped him (survive( was that he owned (part of) the company so his decisions could not be questioned easily, same as our president.