Mediocre white men

I need a safe place to vent this morning...

My previous boss was supposed to be a product line director and instead of strategizing how to grow the business and how to improve execution, he spent a good chunk of time giving technical briefs during weekly project meetings and only took interest in certain proposals. The product line has shrunk for 80 million down to 60 million per year with no end in sight. His boss still hasn't gotten rid of him.

My current boss - for the life of me, I can't figure out what this guy does. He's been in his role for six years. The group and portfolio have not grown in that time. He has not won any contracts in the past year. It's blatantly obvious that this other guy and myself were hired to propose and win actual work while my boss boondoggles trying to sell a particular visual tool that potential customers have clearly said is too expensive and doesn't serve their needs.

I saw the post on here about how we are raising boys. For the love of God, let's not raise them to be mediocre and only get in leadership roles because they are men and liked by their equally ill-qualified mediocre bosses.

We need more women who get shit done in charge.