What is leadership and what exactly are they trying to teach us here? The way things are going right now, no one has much respect for the way they swagger and sway. Its as if they are teaching us how we should act by using themselves as examples of how to lose the respect of those under their charge. Nitpicking, finding fault to the point of ridiculousness, just plain inflexibility. These seem par for the course. But before we accept that as a training method, it's already pretty obvious how we shouldn't act. There is nothing for us to gain by them 'exemplifying' these anti-values. Are they being pressured from the top? Are they really leaders? Is it possible to be a leader and not make assumptions? If not, what kind of a leader are you? just a loudhailer aren't you? amplifying messages from the top and making sure that everyone hears it. Commanders. That's what they call them. Not leaders. People often associate the two terms casually such that commanders often carry the implication of leaders. But I guess in this place that does not hold true. Commanders are not leaders. Do I still want to be one now?