I love stories like this. My dad was never in the military but he told me that from what he had heard, if I listen to my NCO’s I’ll be OK. I can’t begin to tell you how good advice that was. As a 2/Lt at my first duty station they made me the training officer for 400 people. I followed my dad’s advice and backed my senior NCO’s and soon senior officers are saying, “How has that butter bar turned that office around?”
I would think that is pretty good advice no matter your station in life, in or out of the military.
Trust the people who actually know and do the job to let them help you instead of forcing your will on them.