How Little Admirals are used to getting their way.

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Some people want everyone to "respect their a-thor-a-tie". They have trouble dealing with civil-ian life where they can't just bark orders and expect everyone to jump or obey.

They fail to understand that TRUE authority and leadership are earned through the respect of the people one hopes to inspire (and also by example). For some, their experience with leadership has been that they've been "assigned" leadership of a group, often to the dismay of the members (who have no say in the matter). In these situations, tyrannical "leaders" are beholden only to their superiors in the organization. They are adept at shielding their actions from scrutiny, as long as they are producing the desired short-term results.

In the long-term, the work suffers while the high quality people will do the minimum to avoid being chewed out, as they look to take their talents where they'll be appreciated. The result is high-turnover, difficulty recruiting new talent, loss of institutional knowledge, and low morale. In short... a poor command climate.

Hmm... where have we heard that term before?