TBF this had a lot to do with the stack-ranking MS was famous for. When you've got to justify your job every year making a name for yourself is mandatory.
I think what benjaminpv is getting at is that a system like stacked ranking drives people within an organization to build fiefdoms of their own creation, where they are permanently on top. That way you don't get reorged into some group with established cliques and you end up on the bottom of the stack.
TBF this had a lot to do with the stack-ranking MS was famous for. When you've got to justify your job every year making a name for yourself is mandatory.