you have it completely backwards and I can show it
the people that pushed, bragged and elbowed their way into executive management at a massive, eternally funded bureacracy are experts at disregarding the viewpoint, input and most of all directions from others
The first thing to do in such a position is to reward an inner loyal circle by increasing their benefits, authority and lessen the actual work, via contractors. This thread shows anecdotal evidence that setups involve far more than half the working headcount as contractors. The contractors do real work, take real blame, and are routinely pushed around since that is what people really do to each other.
At what stage of any of this do "we" take responsibility and make change?!? it is fortified income protection, not responsive systems, described here..