Really this is senior leaders, not managers. In fact my line managers have (with very few exceptions) been great people. Proper, proper senior leaders - folks

Really this is senior leaders, not managers. In fact my line managers have (with very few exceptions) been great people. Proper, proper senior leaders - folks who run the 80k FTE companies worth $40bn or more... well those are a different breed. There is a lot at stake, they are like wild animals in that their motivations are not available to you and they can act in very unpredictable ways. I have seen rooms full of people emptied out of a business over a three month period due to an ill judged meeting that went badly. Could have been avoided... wasn't...