“Always respect the past because anything that’s currently in place was established as a solution to a worse problem.” The existing vision, mission, and strategy may be flawed, but you don’t know what they replaced, and what exists may be a lot better than what they had before you arrived. Some leaders, impressed by the verve and daring of their vision, despise the past. These kinds of leaders are often free with their opinion, regardless of whom they humiliate or ridicule. It’s better to say, “What