Hi, David - excellent post:)

I found my heading nodding in agreement with your opening story.  This is indeed a common comment in organizations today.   I once worked for a person who decreed that her senior staff was exempt from any mandatory training or development activities our department provided, because "Senior staff should already know this stuff.":)

Your emphasis on taking responsibility for managing up is something I wish I had taken more seriously in the past when I ran into this attitude.  What you inferred without saying is that a person who wants their boss to be exposed to the ideas they have received, may be more likely to not try to change, because they have a ready excuse of something along these lines - "Well, yeah, we all learned how to do it better, but the boss didn't and he's still the boss, so ..."

Appreciate your engaging writing style and strong ideas:)

John