Pushing back against bad decisions is in my opinion a responsibility and not something to avoid. You do it one to one and not in the middle of a meeting or in p

Pushing back against bad decisions is in my opinion a responsibility and not something to avoid. You do it one to one and not in the middle of a meeting or in public and you steel-man your arguments, assume that there are compromises etc. but this top down view of shifting all the responsibility up is incredibly brittle and wasteful. Also the best leaders are the ones who respect that, or even want that. Choose your battles though, not every opinion/issue is precious.