I’ve led military Teams in combat as large as 1200, civilian Teams as large as 750. Are those big enough for you?
I guess I failed to make my point clearly. What I was trying to say is the troops know when you’re flat out lying to them & just trying to make them feel good. Most people appreciate it when you give it to them straight. I’d say nobody likes the guy that tells you one thing and feels/knows the exact opposite, but I know there are people that like being lied to. I suppose it makes them feel better. You don’t need to personally embarrass your Team, but everybody knows when there’s a big failure and most of the time who/what caused it. Acting like it didn‘t happen or in the extreme acting like it was a huge success when it clearly wasn‘t like for example our Afghanistan exodus, just makes the leader look bad and untrustworthy.