This question revolves around the leadership principle that states, "Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit. Leaders are obligated to respectfully challenge decisions when they disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting. Leaders have conviction and are tenacious. They do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion. Once a decision is determined, they commit wholly."

"Our company announced in a meeting they were considering letting go of our product development team. I realized they favored the online advertising division, which was a bit behind the curve. They were fighting a losing battle with ad blockers and were a less profitable division. I felt like this was a mistake, and I spoke up in that meeting, suggesting they cut the budget for that department by two-thirds and reduce the layoffs for the product development team by two-thirds. I quickly backed up my opinion with several facts and statistics about how profitable our product development teams were. There was some debate around the table. They assigned several projects to test my findings and reconvened our meeting for the next day. When we met the next day, they decided to suspend all layoffs for the product development department and redistributed funds from online advertising."