Every employee has a sphere of influence - typically one and half layer above theirs and it keeps reducing as you go up. You can push back and change decisions

Every employee has a sphere of influence - typically one and half layer above theirs and it keeps reducing as you go up. You can push back and change decisions that happen one layer above but can't do much more than that unless you want to become an activist. You have to have trust that the higher ups are smart enough to be trusted with the decisions.