Hugo is spot on ...lots of managers but not a single leader.
There are too many managers and they are all managing (for want of a better word) upwards. When they are not doing that they are war gaming crazy strategies that never survive the first sign of enemy fire. As a consequence the DFO and those higher on the trapeze believe all the purple smoke signals that are wafting up to them.
It never ceases to amaze me the levels of childish ignorance on display should one bump into any of this cast of characters.
Winning teams and winning strategies are not bought; they are created by leaders. There is no better example of this than the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA. The DFO and all her sycophants could do worse than to take a leaf out of the Gregg Popovich and RC Buford playbook. Truth, honesty, trust, engagement at all levels.
Doubt this will happen as it requires a skill set not taught in any MBA program or the cloistered universities of Mother England. Popovich learned all of his leadership skills ...not via an MBA but in the airforce.
The missive from the DFO is not a threat. It is simply the clearest signal yet that she does not have the leadership skills to create a team like the Spurs.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140...-antonio-spurs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Popovich