those who have advanced up the ranks find that they’ve taken on increasingly more accountability for things they have less and less real control over — until they reach the top and find they are liable (often legally) for anything that goes wrong in an organization that is expanding beyond their day-to-day reach. This is why leaders get paid the big bucks — to bridge this ever-increasing gap between accountability and authority, using their skills of communication, persuasion, education, visioning, etc.
