When you work with competent leaders – the ones who are genuinely in the details – any attempt at self-preservation has the opposite of the intended effect.
You might withhold knowledge to seem more valuable. Or obscure a problem to look good. Or try to spin a failure into a learning.
All of it backfires. Every time.
Competent leaders will see straight through.
Honesty, ownership, and a good attitude are a significantly better strategy.
A Learning a Day 