I see evidence of the truth of this regularly at my work.
Me too. The problem is that senior management confuse aggression and rudeness with assertiveness and competence. Superficially they can after all appear to be the same.
The simple fact is that bosses who merely bully people into “performing” are incompetent by definition. You can force people to work, you can never force them to work “well”.
“I see evidence of the truth of this regularly at my work.”
Same thing where I work. Big time!