> (1) Everyone needs to operate in good faith. I've observed leaders ask their direct reports for something off-hand, without giving it more than 5 seconds of thought. I've watched direct reports operate as a "human command line", requiring precise syntax before they'll act. Don't be either of these type of people.

Yeah... until the 4th round of guessing what they mean, resulting in months of tossed out work for lack of the exec elaborating on what they want. think "i need a sales report". You'd think there would be a better brief after the first time.