pushed down
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Decisions should be pushed down as far as possible, to the level of competence. This allows senior managers more time for making decisions of a more complex nature.
I have a hard time doing anything someone else tells me to do! I've always been driven to follow my own path and not be pushed down another lane because some executive thought I could be more commercially successful or whatever.
I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don't say that disrespectfully, but they've been shown a God that you can't measure up to.
The truly humble feel the ground beneath their feet every day and do not only become aware of it when held aloft or pushed down to their knees.