I'd fire him
> .”Hey, boss, I am going to install action X, which should solve the XYZ problems we’ve been having. Will take care of this on Monday unless I hear differently from you.”
No thank you. I'm the boss. Don't push me around
> .”Hey, boss, I am going to install action X, which should solve the XYZ problems we’ve been having. Will take care of this on Monday unless I hear differently from you.”
No thank you. I'm the boss. Don't push me around
If I showed initiative like this and your response was “I’m the boss. Don’t push me around.” I’d quit on the spot and I sincerely hope you only have lackeys too dumb to understand how detrimental this egoist attitude to your own authority is to productivity and creating organizational value.
It is not initiative. It is manipulation
That is poison in any organisation
Thanks for confirming your impotence as a leader and your inability to delegate.
Ah, this is interesting feedback. I think that there's some nuance to this approach that I didn't capture in the post. You have to have some level of trust between yourself and your boss, which you've earned over time by being right and/or fixing mistakes you've made if you were wrong.
The idea isn't to push the boss around; it's to make the boss' job easier by making default decisions for them, but letting them weigh in.
Yes.
What you are suggesting is corrosive to trust though.
Frank discussion is good. Stating what you need and what you expect.
Game playing is no good and I would probably not fire you for it, I was being hyperbolic, but the point I am making is do not play games.
At work, or anywhere. Relationships thrive on honesty.