What you have written rings true. And, sadly, this supportive approach is largely incompatible with our culture—and with other cultures. Hierarchical management brings out the clueless cruel bosses. This is why people don’t enjoy work. It COULD be a daily opportunity to work with other people to solve problems and find better ways to do things. Instead, it’s a repetitive pattern of pleasing people who don’t understand how things work and doing bad work to keep your job.