These days I tend to believe more in the power of environments and systems than the in power of individuals. Sometimes you may have good interaction separately with individual I and individual J, but unfavorable interaction with the set {I, J}. This is to say that I find that systems of any complexity and organizations of any size are impenetrable. I have limited power to change them--as much power as I do to change the weather.
This has the consequence that I prefer migration from inhospitable climates to hunkering down in the antarctic with no snow boots. Quit early and often for me means that you are better off finding and working within a good system than sinking your time and energy attempting to change a bad system. If you have no power to affect "fundamental leadership" problems in an organization, my suggestion is to find another organization--if you can afford it.
This has the consequence that I prefer migration from inhospitable climates to hunkering down in the antarctic with no snow boots. Quit early and often for me means that you are better off finding and working within a good system than sinking your time and energy attempting to change a bad system. If you have no power to affect "fundamental leadership" problems in an organization, my suggestion is to find another organization--if you can afford it.