day no. 15,125: operational and tactical level hindsight

"Leadership at the operational level requires clarity of vision, strength of will, and great moral courage. Moreover, it requires the ability to communicate these traits clearly and powerfully through numerous layers of command, each of which adds to the friction inhibiting effective communication... Operational commanders must establish a climate of cohesion among the widely dispersed elements of their commands and with adjacent and higher headquarters as well. Because they cannot become overly involved in tactics, operational commanders must have confidence in their subordinate commanders. With these subordinates, commanders must develop a deep mutual trust. They must also cultivate in subordinates an implicit understanding of their own operating style and an explicit knowledge of their specific campaign intent. Operational commanders must train their staffs until the staffs become extensions of the commanders' personality." -- MCDP 1-2: Campaigning

Acts 6:2-5a
And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. 3 Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. 4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” 5 And what they said pleased the whole gathering

Operational commanding is a different skill set then tactical operation. Not everyone has good enough eyesight to see the battlefield at the 30,000 ft. level. Conversely, not everyone who can see the world from that perspective has the ability to see things clearly in the trenches 3 ft. from the action. They are different skills. If you can see 3 ft in front of you, it doesn't mean you should be promoted to seeing things 30 ft away. First of all, it removes you from a place of strength and second of all, there is no correlation per se between seeing things up close and seeing things from 30,000 ft above. 

Those who are able to see from 30k ft. must train those beneath them in order to pass along what only they can see. They must trust the vision of those at the 3 ft. level to do what only they can do and provide them such clarity from their vantage point that all of them achieve their uniform's goals.