Crucial to effective communication

Working with a manager in title lacking any definitive verbal or written communication skills, I ask myself “what fool promoted this guy?" 

An incompetent manager reflects poorly on the whole organisation, they can't respond with the old line of not having enough competent personnel, it is really an old boy's club despite the fact it is dominated by women. Internally, the term is the purple circle, it is unfortunately true for an organisation that is performing so poorly.

Leadership is sought at middle to upper management levels; yet at many organisations leadership is so sadly lacking that the term leadership is met with howls of laughter and derision.