As a manager this could be biased (I was also cynical so hope that kinda negates the bias). Managers (especially front line ones) have to be mouth pieces of th

As a manager this could be biased (I was also cynical so hope that kinda negates the bias). Managers (especially front line ones) have to be mouth pieces of the organisation. They have very little choice in going beyond the written formulas (sorry leadership rubrics) a co expounds. Kinda the worst job. You need to enforce the rules set by the S but take on all the risk (have you noticed how there are bad managers but no bad "leaders"?). Why do they then become managers? We actually want to learn how to run a business in its entirety (beyond just tech) and the HR enforcement aspects are a sad price to pay. But everything you said about cults etc holds true. Just that I'd expand that beyond something what just managers want.