A disproportionately large group of the good managers I've had were ex-military, and their big traits were clarity about what we were doing and why, and that wh

A disproportionately large group of the good managers I've had were ex-military, and their big traits were clarity about what we were doing and why, and that when the SHTF they would fight alongside the team, not against it. This wasn't exclusive to ex-military types, but if you are so cynical as to believe in no good managers you may want to look for places which employ this style. I can imagine within gov contracting this same group of people are violently annoying instead, but I have never had the experience of that world.