Stop confusing "formal power" with "knowing what's best."

Here's a personal story to open. I worked for ESPN, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine from 2005 to 2011 (bit more on that here). I was ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine from 2007 to 2011. Most of that time, my boss was this woman. She was super nice (although very off-task and really wanted to be working on the TV side and not the digital side, but that's a …