This misses the larger lesson: separate your personal and professional interactions, especially with people at different levels of responsibility. Its a hallma

This misses the larger lesson: separate your personal and professional interactions, especially with people at different levels of responsibility. Its a hallmark of a junior manager, someone who doesn't know where the line for their authority is. its trying to coax your subordinates into giving you power over them - but you already have it. its a form of cowardice, of uncomfortability. the opposite of this is the manager who gives all their power to THEIR manager, ie "idk man, this doesnt make any sense to me either but thats the way corporate wants it done." well if all you are is a mouthpiece for corporate, then what good are you?