[xtiansimon]

“ We lost so much time because he thought he was being clever by not telling us when he disagreed with us.”

Are these insights from a confession or somehow related by a confidant? Otherwise, isn’t this conclusion just speculation?

Lack of leadership is frustrating. Indecisiveness wastes time. That said, the job and style of the manager invite different styles of management.

My current boss is very opinionated and direct. And this makes sense for a sole-proprietor who has to make decisive choices and decisions. Also, in accounting consulting (the domain) clear leadership is very productive, which is tied to our business model. Of course you can argue and swing opinion, and soon find more responsibility to your plate. Haha

I’ve lead projects where I was the programmer and others were closer to the content and context. I worked to gently guide them to look for the patterns of their content, so i could determine if there were higher orders of complexity—which I was struggling to understand how to solve.

The picture I’m working to paint is that over my career I’ve seen different models and used some in low stakes business—not rocket science or healthcare. YMMV