If you follow this strategy, then in a fairly decent environment, the first thing that will happen is that you will eventually be promoted or be given more resp

If you follow this strategy, then in a fairly decent environment, the first thing that will happen is that you will eventually be promoted or be given more responsibility. This sort of leadership is generally rewarded -- at least at first, within certain limits, and at the lower levels of a company. This strategy will not work at the higher levels of a largish company, ultimately for reasons that would be politically incorrect to point out.