Leading from behind

There are managers, usually found in large government agencies, who spend their entire career trying not to make a mistake in the hopes of making it safely to retirement. The method they use to avoid mistakes is to not do anything. They procrastinate and hide from decisions in hopes that the problem will either resolve itself or just go away. Yesterday it came out that The Presidents policy is, “don’t do stupid stuff” and that sounds a lot like don’t do anything because the only way to avoid mistakes is to not do anything. It helps to explain his leading from behind strategy. He avoids decisions and as a result, problems become more difficult and after a while become impossible. It is at this point that when confronted with the situation he challenges his critics to come up with a solution.