Great Ability & low self monitors!

Great Ability & Poor Self Monitors! organization behavior
Great Ability & Poor Self Monitors! Three of the most colorful characters from the 2nd World War, were without doubt, Gen. Patton, Gen.Douglas Mac Arthur & Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.While the first two, fought under the American flag, Rommel commanded his Afrika Korps, under the Swastika.The three were brilliant tacticians and soldiers, who leadership was exemplary.One of the most complicated military men of all time, General George Smith Patton, Jr. was born November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California. He was known for carrying pistols with ivory handles and his intemperate manner, and is regarded as one of the most successful United States field commanders of any war. He continually strove to train his troops to the highest standard of excellence.Once when asked, if his troops fought well, because they loved him, he said no, the fought well because they were well trained! No double speak for Patton, he was frequently in trouble, for freely speaking his mind at the most inappropriate time & place.On another occasion, he said that he did not trust the Russians, this in the midst of battle, when the Russians were a key ally in the drive to Germany.
A sample-"The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinese or a Japanese, and from what I have seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them. In addition to his other amiable characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and they are all out sons-of-bitches, barbarians, and chronic drunks."
Patton was relived of his command, after publicly slapping one of his trooper's, accusing the soldier of cowardice.History does not dispute that the three soldiers mentioned here, were all superb military men. History also does not dispute, that, lesser men rose higher. Patton, died a lonely death, his junior Omar Bradley, was promoted ahead of him. Mac Arthur, was sacked after tangling with President Trueman & Erwin Rommel, comitted suicide, after he was involved in a plot to kill Hitler, failed.
Why?
I think fundamentally all three lacked the ability to be good 'self monitors' or in other words just could not be politically correct and lost out to men who played the game better.At the workplace too, ability is one thing, being politically correct, is another. As for me, I like Patton the way he was, a 'Prima Donna', who admitted it freely & made no bones about

what he thought!
On more than one occasion he admitted that he talked too much without thought!
These were the last true warriors, who went to war for the love & romance of battle and not as a career!
A little known fact is that Gen.Patton, participated in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics & though he did not win a medal, performed creditably as an athlete.
Gen.Mac Arthur, designed his own uniform and for some reason thought that he was superior to the President of the USA! It is men like these that make the world a fun place to be in.