Worshiping execs is institutional at GE. Both line managers and GM levels practice and preach kowtowing to “leaders” just to avoid any trouble. No honesty in either direction. People bad mouth the “leaders” as soon as they leave and leaders bad mouth the s---ups as soon as they get outside public setting. Candor is dead to avoid friction and there is this weird dance of making the exec look good and execs doing the dance of looking knowledgeable. Incompetence and s---ing up are two sides of same coin.
Change starts at top Years of bad Culture won’t change overnight.
This was reposted from @XYvbLPe-2cad .I agree with the OP.