I give them the space to make it up the ladder, she replies, in gentle correction. No lousy reports from jealous superiors. Then when positions open up in other places...off they go.

She couldn't be everywhere, which had been hard to accept as a rookie. But you had to develop patience, because you couldn't tear it all down but you could knock out one rotten prop after another and replace it with a pillar of gold...

She sighed.

It's not perfect, but it's what I can do. She also grins. And I rather aggressively interpret where my borders end. 'In pursuit of leads' is such a useful term.