[bumby]

>If someone doesn't have a vision for how they will accomplish what is asked of them, that's an opportunity for mentorship.

I agree with your overall sentiment, but there’s another dynamic which doesn’t always lend itself well to a mentorship role: when the leader has no vision other than some vague concept. Sometimes we can politely corral them, but it’s extremely frustrating when that “vision” is predicated on some magic, black box operation that they think happens and they won’t listen to any technical advice on why their vision may not be feasible.

To the OPs point, we have limited resources in time, labor, patience, etc. It’s worth consciously deciding where those are best spent.