Leslie in as administrative manager with a number of exciting new ideas about how to change organizational procedures and run the company more efficiently. However, she soon ran into opposition from company leadership, who insisted that she stick with policies adopted several decades earlier. This indicates a low degree of _______, which limits Leslie's ability to influence others.A) power
B) visibility
C) centrality
D) discretion
E) substitutability

From the explanation given leading to the questions, it can be concluded that the actions indicates a low degree of discretion which limits Leslie's ability to influence others.

The Term discretion in management refers to when people in a company or organization are responsible for deciding when or how to perform certain tasks or aspects of the work, based on their knowledge and ability to judge, the responsibility for the decision is said to be at their discretion.

However, the ability to use discretion by Lesile is been limited by the company's leadership who are insisting on the use of policies adopted several decades earlier.