At my last exit interview, my CEO was asking me how he could improve his understanding of the engineering team. I threw out the idea that he could meet with people for 15 minutes on a rotation. He explained that he couldn't do that without terrifying people.
Just because people are scared of the CEO doesn't mean most CEOs weaponize this into a tool of micromanagement.
Just because people are scared of the CEO doesn't mean most CEOs weaponize this into a tool of micromanagement.