Tangentially, I'm reminded of something a high school teacher mentioned to me. The context was military service, but of course this applies in any organization.

Tangentially, I'm reminded of something a high school teacher mentioned to me. The context was military service, but of course this applies in any organization. 'The way to get rid of an undesireable superior is to do only what you are ordered to do.' The supervisor's task will fail in some way, and new leadership will be needed. I've kept this in mind, not as a way to undermine leadership, but as a lesson in what good leaders need to know — that getting things done requires everyone to be be empowered and act in some degree at their own inititive.