I am a senior manager in a technical area at an airline.

You are right to an extent. I have a certain way of doing things I have standardized as procedures within my department, from technical report writing to business cases etc etc.

The reason for this is not my convenience but to ensure that all 70 memebers of my staff understand eachother and are on the same page. Having one snowflake doing things their way not only impedes on others within my department understanding things buts also on how other departments who are receiving the reports understand them. If they are getting a different kind of report every day, it’s just inefficient and a huge waste of time.

With that said, I am always open to all my staff be it a manager or the janitor to tell let me know if I am doing something wrong or if they believe there are better ways to do things. In fact, I’ve made it their responsibility to speak up.