Am I being overly cynical by noticing this pattern happening a bunch (not all the time, but often).
1) We need to have a career progression for folk to get better at Whatever, rather than becoming a people manager (staff/principle engineer | product | etc.)
2) People progress to staff/principle engineer | product | etc.
3) The staff/principle person continually complaining about more junior folk not doing what they tell them… coz they lack people management skills.