Don't Get in Their Way

There's a lot we can learn about leadership from the military.  James Cartwright, General of the USMC, Commander, USStratcom has a Command and Control blog (not accessible) and he wants the right answer from whoever has it.  From The Daily Brief by Sgt Stryker-  A lesson on how blogs can be used in business.

The metric is what the person has to contribute, not the person’s rank, age, or level of experience. If they have the answer, I want the answer. When I post a question on my blog, I expect the person with the answer to post back. I do not expect the person with the answer to run it through you, your OIC, the branch chief, the exec, the Division Chief and then get the garbled answer back before he or she posts it for me. The Napoleonic Code and Netcentric Collaboration cannot exist in the same space and time. It’s YOUR job to make sure I get my answers and then if they get it wrong or they could have got it righter, then you guide them toward a better way…but do not get in their way.