[001sky]

Right, but your trivializing the problem. Only a clown "inserts negativity", because inserting <ambiguity> equally if nor moreso effective at undermining your authority as a manager.

Firing someone for <creating> "an ambiguous situation" might in fact be the simple, correct action.

But if you fired someone evertime you were just <in> an ambiguous situation? Not so much. Good luck with that, because your boss might probably fire you next=D.

Its also why you'll find a "good leader" is never surrounded by this crap. If you think about the "broken windows" theory of policing, where low-level crime creates an atmoshere conducive to "real crime", there is probably a decent analogy. Good leaders are adept at working through <uncertainty>, but distinguish this from <ambiguity> for this reason. IMHO.