Do you have managers reporting to you? If so, watch what you say about one manager to the other,
what you say about your managers in public, or how you treat them in public. Organizations have a very complicated dynamics. If you undermine your manager's credibility in public, you make her weak in the eyes of the rest of the organization. A weak manager can not get his or her job done well, and at the end of the day, one way or the other, you pay for it.
If you mistakenly undermine your manager's credibility in public, recognize it and have the courage to also publicly apologize for it. Or take an active role in restoring the credibility in simple ways such as thanking the manager in public for a job well done.
