Commandant calls on senior Marines to stop ‘shackling’ junior leaders

I agree, Army should pay attention. We have PME for junior leaders for a reason. We need to mentor and develop them, but let them operate without micromanagement

This never seems to stop. Sounds just like how the Brit Navy officer corps operated at the Battle of Jutland.

The Corps was always supposed to be like that. Like any organization, you have folks at the top who either don't believe in their own people's abilities or it just comes down to control. When things go well, the folks at the top can reap the benefits, when they go bad, you blame the ones at the bottom for "failing."
When I was in Iraq, it was the Sgts who ran the patrols. Out of all the 9 MAPs (Mobile Assault Platoons), the Sgts were in change. I think we might have had 2 SSgts that were in charge of a couple, but the rest was up to us. I'd get the the day's mission from the company CO, go up and talk to S2 to get intel and then off we'd go. It could have been a full day patrol or a 2 week gig. The platoon was my responsibility, no one else's. We had the commanders intent and the rest was up to us to plan, equip and execute.
I think running it that way accomplished a few things. One, it brings out the true leaders. The ones one micromanage (my APL was bad at that even though he was tactically proficient) usually didn't last long and it also puts the responsibility in the hands of the ones who are out in the AO, so they know best how things need to be done. It forces the true leaders to rise to the surface and puts pressure on those leaders to get their men up to the same bar.