True Leaders Lost?

From a friend of mine…….

My theory is that companies have been cut so lean that the role of ‘manager’ is mostly gone. The last half-dozen people I’ve worked for have been individual contributors that happen to have a few reports they respond to in addition to a full-time job.

A manager with the time to actually mentor new hires, provide and secure resources, provide Aircover for turf battles, defend their team… rarely exists anymore. We have raised productivity demands so high no one has time to actually think long term.

But on the other hand - how many awesome, experienced combat vets do we have trained as leaders after all the battles in the sand? The military will be strong for another generation unless DC tries to cripple them.