A really excellent insight. It's amazing how people take on entirely new mantles when things get tough, and you just simply can't predict that that will look like.
It reminds me of the Mastermind Rational role variant in the Keirsey Temperament Sorter [1]. A personality type that doesn't want to lead, but when crisis hits and they feel leadership has let them down, will take charge and get shit done. It's a good kind of reserve person to keep in the wings I think.
I don't know of a corollary for the opposite though, who want to lead, but shut down at the first sign of trouble -- even though it seems to be a favorite archetype of writers.
It reminds me of the Mastermind Rational role variant in the Keirsey Temperament Sorter [1]. A personality type that doesn't want to lead, but when crisis hits and they feel leadership has let them down, will take charge and get shit done. It's a good kind of reserve person to keep in the wings I think.
I don't know of a corollary for the opposite though, who want to lead, but shut down at the first sign of trouble -- even though it seems to be a favorite archetype of writers.
[1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(role_variant)