[noworriesnate]

One common leadership trend is to give minimal feedback like “this is not cool” and rely on competent people directly under the executive to guess what that means.

Competent people can often lead themselves in the right direction, especially with the use of copious after-meetings in which everyone tries to interpret the executive’s feedback.

After all, the executives are busy and hard to get access to.

[thinkxl]

I agree. You describe how it happens; however, I still don't find a justification for these:

- rely on competent people directly under the executive to guess what that means

- after-meetings in which everyone tries to interpret the executive’s feedback

- the executives are busy and hard to get access to

Imagine having a riddle as feedback in which people from different backgrounds and cultures gather to decipher a meaningful direction.