Best leader I worked for, and some may have called him a bully was JW who was Stn Cdr Bruggen 1977-79. Hard man but would have followed him.
I can understand following a "leader" fom a pongo perspective where the boss is actually leading. From a RAF perspective Iīd use the word "respect" rather than follow. That said, I donīt think I could respect a bully.