I had a boss like that. He wanted a report for upper management. I could not figure out what he wanted, so I went to the upper management guy and asked what he wanted. Very nice man told me what he wanted and I had it done in 20 minutes. It was exactly what he wanted. He kept a copy but told me to run it through the chain of command. Yea, it took 2 weeks of going back and forth to get something close to what I did in 20 minutes. That is when I gave up on a career in management and went back to the shop floor and have been happy ever since.
I had a boss like that. He wanted a report for upper management. I could not figure out what he wanted, so I went to the upper management guy and asked what he wanted. Very nice man told me what he wanted and I had it done in 20 minutes. It was exactly what he wanted. He kept a copy but told me to run it through the chain of command. Yea, it took 2 weeks of going back and forth to get something close to what I did in 20 minutes. That is when I gave up on a career in management and went back to the shop floor and have been happy ever since.