I see something similar on emergency response crews. Emergency departments draw responders who are Alphas for the most part. They think they are the people for the job and NO job is too big for them. That's why a chain of command HAS to be instilled in the various departments. Leave ten guys and gals unsupervised at a fire or MVC scene and you'll have ten people doing their own thing by telling the other nine what to do and likely getting killed or hurt in the process. And Art's assessment is true to the situation I have mentioned. A new scene commander had better have come up through the ranks or he/she will not be trusted for quite a while.

Business and other organizations that actually pay employees operate on a top down basis and the flow of information is sent through those closer to the top. It is more efficient, but than it opens the door for good suggestions to be side-tracked if they don't help to further someone higher's agenda. Play the game and up ya go. The opposite holds true, imo.