Yes, it works, and that's why it's dangerous because it lets a manager fall into bad habits of doing it again. It makes the people doing the work pull out all

Yes, it works, and that's why it's dangerous because it lets a manager fall into bad habits of doing it again. It makes the people doing the work pull out all the stops - beg vendors for support, drive to the customer site to witness the problem, and generally so whatever it takes.