Download or read book Real Leadership and the U S Army written by John B. Richardson (IV.) and published by Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College. This book was released on 2011 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph begins with a case study that provides a means for analyzing the complexity of organizational leadership in the contemporary security environment. As such, it presents a high stakes problem-set that required an operational adaptation by a cavalry squadron conducting combat operations in Baghdad. This problematic reality triggered the struggle to find a creative response to a very deadly problem, while cultural norms served as barriers that prevented the rejection of previously accepted solutions that had proven successful in the past, even though those successful solutions no longer fit in the context of the reality of the present. The case study highlights leaders who were constrained by deeply-held assumptions that inhibited their ability to adapt quickly to a changed environment. The case study then moves on to provide an example of a successful application of adaptive leadership and adaptive work that was performed by the organization after a period of reflection and the willingness to experiment and assume risk. The case study serves as a microcosm of the challenges facing the U.S. Army, and the corresponding leadership framework presented in this monograph can be used as a model for the Army as it attempts to move forward in its effort to make adaptation an institutional imperative. The paper presents a more holistic approach to leadership where the leader transcends that of simply being an authority figure and becomes a real leader who provides a safe and creative learning environment where the organization can tackle and solve adaptive challenges. The paper concludes by recommending that U.S. Army leaders apply Harvard Professor Dean Williams's theory to the challenges confronting the Army's leader development process thereby fostering a culture of adaptive leaders.
Download or read book Real Leadership and the U S Army Overcoming a Failure of Imagination to Conduct Adaptive Work written by John Richardson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To win on today's complex and competitive battlefield our military leaders have had to try to shed decades of organizational culture that emphasized control and stability as the solution to solving problem sets. Instead, today's leaders must be adaptive and agile in their analysis and development of innovative solutions to the complex challenges of the 21st century. Today's security environment requires men and women in uniform to think critically and be creative in developing new strategies and solutions. These skills will allow our military leaders to maintain the operational initiative against an enemy who is by nature adaptive and always evolving to overcome the tremendous advantage in technological and material overmatch of the United States and many of its allies. This paper argues that the U.S. Army should continue its bold initiatives in its current Campaign of Learning and go even further. It should develop creative leaders who can exercise adaptive leadership with the capacity to provide learning environments within their organizations. Included in the paper is an analysis of adaptive challenges facing the Army. Specifically, the Army espouses the need for decentralized operations and operational adaptability, but the author argues that the Army culture is driven by control, stability, and risk aversion. A case study provides a means for analyzing the complexity of organizational leadership in the contemporary security environment. The study presents a high-stakes problem set requiring an operational adaptation by a cavalry squadron in Baghdad, Iraq. This problematic reality triggers the struggle in finding a creative solution, as cultural norms serve as barriers against overturning accepted solutions that have proven successful in the past, even if they do not fit today's reality. The case highlights leaders who are constrained by assumptions and therefore suffer the consequences of failing to adapt quickly to a changed environment. Emphasizing the importance of reflection and a willingness to experiment and assume risk, the case study transitions to an example of a successful application of adaptive leadership and adaptive work performed by the organization. The case study serves as a microcosm of the challenges facing the U.S. Army. The corresponding leadership framework presented can be used as a model for the Army as it attempts to move forward in its efforts to make adaptation an institutional imperative (Chapters 1 and 2). The paper presents a holistic approach to leadership, whereby the leader transcends being simply an authority figure and becomes instead a real leader who provides a safe and creative learning environment for the organization to tackle and solve adaptive challenges (Chapter 3). The paper concludes with a recommendation that Army leaders apply Harvard Professor Dean Williams's theory of leadership to the challenges confronting the Army's leader development process so as to improve its efforts to grow adaptive leaders (Chapter 4).
Download or read book Real Leadership and the U S Army written by John B. Richardson IV and published by . This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To win on today's complex and competitive battlefield our military leaders have had to try to shed decades of organizational culture that emphasized control and stability as the solution to solving problem sets. Instead, today's leaders must be adaptive and agile in their analysis and development of innovative solutions to the complex challenges of the 21st century. Today's security environment requires men and women in uniform to think critically and be creative in developing new strategies and solutions. These skills will allow our military leaders to maintain the operational initiative against an enemy who is by nature adaptive and always evolving to overcome the tremendous advantage in technological and material overmatch of the United States and many of its allies. This paper argues that the U.S. Army should continue its bold initiatives in its current Campaign of Learning and go even further. It should develop creative leaders who can exercise adaptive leadership with the capacity to provide learning environments within their organizations. Included in the paper is an analysis of adaptive challenges facing the Army. Specifically, the Army espouses the need for decentralized operations and operational adaptability, but the author argues that the Army culture is driven by control, stability, and risk aversion. A case study provides a means for analyzing the complexity of organizational leadership in the contemporary security environment. The study presents a high-stakes problem set requiring an operational adaptation by a cavalry squadron in Baghdad, Iraq. This problematic reality triggers the struggle in finding a creative solution, as cultural norms serve as barriers against overturning accepted solutions that have proven successful in the past, even if they do not fit today's reality. The case highlights leaders who are constrained by assumptions and therefore suffer the consequences of failing to adapt quickly to a changed environment. Emphasizing the importance of reflection and a willingness to experiment and assume risk, the case study transitions to an example of a successful application of adaptive leadership and adaptive work performed by the organization. The case study serves as a microcosm of the challenges facing the U.S. Army. The corresponding leadership framework presented can be used as a model for the Army as it attempts to move forward in its efforts to make adaptation an institutional imperative (Chapters 1 and 2). The paper presents a holistic approach to leadership, whereby the leader transcends being simply an authority figure and becomes instead a real leader who provides a safe and creative learning environment for the organization to tackle and solve adaptive challenges (Chapter 3). The paper concludes with a recommendation that Army leaders apply Harvard Professor Dean Williams's theory of leadership to the challenges confronting the Army's leader development process so as to improve its efforts to grow adaptive leaders (Chapter 4).
Download or read book Real Leadership and the U S Army written by John B. Richardson IV and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph leads with a case study which provides a means for analyzing the complexity of organizational leadership in the contemporary security environment. The study presents a high stakes problem-set requiring an operational adaptation by a cavalry squadron in Baghdad. This problematic reality triggers the struggle in finding a creative solution, as cultural norms serve as barriers against overturning accepted solutions that have proven successful in the past, even if they do not fit in the context of the reality of the present. The case study highlights leaders who are constrained by assumptions and as a result, the consequences of failing to adapt quickly to a changed environment. Through reflection and a willingness to experiment and assume risk, the case study transitions into an example of a successful application of adaptive leadership and adaptive work performed by the organization.
Download or read book Adaptive Leadership written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Special Operations from a Small State Perspective written by Gunilla Eriksson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Over the past dozen years special operations forces (SOF) have been one of the few areas of growth and expansion in a number of militaries. This growth and expansion, however, has not been mirrored by a comparable one in academic inquiries into the subject. Special Operations from a Small State Perspective - Future Security Challenges, which contains a wide range of perspectives from both practitioners and academics, makes a unique contribution to the literature and offers fascinating insights into the opportunities provided by and challenges confronting small states such as Swedenin their evolutionary development and use of SOF.” Dr James Kiras, Associate Professor, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, The Air University, Alabama, USA.
Download or read book Be Know Do Adapted from the Official Army Leadership Manual written by U.S. Army and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-03-02 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Army is one of the most complex, best run organizations in the world, and central to the Army's success are strong leadership and exceptional leadership development. Army leaders must be able to act decisively and effectively in challenging situations. But the Army, despite its organizational structure, does not train leaders in a hierarchical manner. Dispersed leadership is the key to the success of the Army leadership model. Now, for the first time, you can have access to the Army's successful leadership philosophy and the principles that are outlined in Be Know Do the official Army Leadership Manual. Be Know Do makes this critical information available to civilian leaders in all sectors--business, government, and nonprofit--and gives them the guidelines they need to create an organization where leadership thrives.
Download or read book Professional Journal of the United States Army written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Tarnished written by George E. Reed and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bad or toxic leadership, abusive supervision, and petty tyranny in organizations are perennial issues. But to date, there has been little effort to examine the scope and nature of bad leadership in the military. Tarnished rectifies that lack of attention by defining the problems and suggesting possible solutions appropriate to the military’s unique structure and situation. Leadership is central to the identity of the U.S. military. Service academies and precommissioning processes have traditionally stressed the development of conscientious leaders of character. The services regularly publish doctrinal works and professional journal articles focusing on various aspects of leadership. Unsurprisingly, in most of those publications leadership is presented as a universally positive notion, a solution to problems, and something to be developed through an extensive and costly system of professional military education. Leadership expert George E. Reed, however, focuses on individual experiences of toxic leadership at the organizational level, arguing that because toxic leadership has such a detrimental impact on the military organizational culture, additional remediation measures are needed. Reed also demonstrates how system dynamics and military culture themselves contribute to the problem. Most significant, the book provides cogent advice and insights to those suffering from toxic leaders, educators developing tomorrow’s military leaders, and military administrators working to repair the current system.
Download or read book The Official US Army Leadership Handbook Current Edition written by U. S. Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential training for leaders EVERYWHERE - supremely relevant not only within the Army but for managers, trainers and entrepreneurs in all organizations' management structures. IMPORTANT - CURRENT EDITION: Unlike other editions available, this is NOT the old, outdated FM 6-22 field manual: these are the revised, modernized, improved documents currently in use by the Army. Largest version available anywhere! Giant 8.5" x 11" desktop format means large, clear print and illustrations - no more eyestrain from tiny text. Carlile Military Library Leadership Series - beautiful, elegant, professional blue-and-gold cover looks great on your bookshelf! Created and trusted by the US Army Training & Doctrine Command - Center for Army Leadership, Combined Arms Center. "Batteries last hours, books last decades: get the print edition!" WHO TRAINS THE BEST LEADERS IN THE WORLD? Inspiring others to follow a leader into danger requires remarkable character. No-one knows this better than the U.S. Army, whose experts have been recognizing, rewarding, building and honing great leaders' characters and abilities for many decades. A relentless focus on leadership and leadership development is evident at all levels of the Army. Its leadership philosophy and principles are honeycombed throughout its command structure. That the most powerful human organization in the world values these qualities above all others demonstrates beyond any doubt their incredible power and value. BECOME AN ARMY LEADER: A PERSON OF CHARACTER, PRESENCE AND INTELLECT. Everybody's innate potential is different, but ANYONE will benefit significantly from study of the principles of leadership - particularly as laid out in this book, in an efficient, expressive way everyone can fully and clearly understand. This is no dry jargon-filled tome, but a living document on whose precepts life-and-death decisions are made. Whatever your role in the Army or in life - whether Active Duty, Reservist or National Guard, entrepreneur, manager, trainer or student - you will find plenty of food for radical personal and professional development here. Not only will this book enable you to embody and demonstrate the qualities of great leadership, it shows you how to build and maintain your own organization with firmness, efficiency, honor and sensitivity, and how to nurture and develop your own cadre of leaders. This book supersedes the old, obsolete FM 6-22 and contains the following: ARMY LEADERSHIP (ADRP 6-22) THE COUNSELING PROCESS (ATP 6-22.1) TRAINING UNITS AND DEVELOPING LEADERS (ADRP 7-0) To aid navigation around the book, each section is clearly identified by a label on every right-hand page's outside edge. Search Amazon for 'CARLILE MILITARY LIBRARY' to find more TOP-FLIGHT, SQUARED-AWAY publications for your professional bookshelf! Published in the U.S.A. by CARLILE MEDIA.
Download or read book Capturing the Human High Ground written by Jeffrey E. Pounding and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability of military leaders to adapt to complex sociocultural situations in wartime is widely recognized at every level of defense leadership as a significant factor of success during this era of persistent conflict. The will of the people is now the objective of both GENs Petraeus and McCrystal's strategy. Yet, it is one thing to dictate requirements about developing host nation relationships and gaining the will of the people, and another to develop American leaders adaptive enough to carry out these directives. Success is now determined by how well we "capture the human high ground". Army leaders must have a mindset based on agility of thought and adaptability of action. This study presents a framework for adaptability competences in Army leaders through a series of arguments culminating with a suggested "way ahead" to meet the current requirements. Arguments will support that the Army does not have the programs in place to develop agile and adaptive leaders needed for this era of persistent conflict, and in so doing, provides a significant strategic shortcoming in winning the asymmetric fight. The Army currently has the knowledge and capability to provide adequate education and training in adaptability to all deploying forces yet courses are not adequately established. This study recommends a bridging strategy be implemented during pre-deployment to meet the needs of the war fighter, while continued research occurs to ensure that adaptive leadership becomes part of a life-long professional learning process for the Army leader.
Download or read book Adaptive Leadership written by John Baker and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although adaptive leadership is still evolving, it is a very powerful approach when addressing challenges with no known solutions challenges that are occurring with greater frequency today. The United States Army has faced many such challenges in its 240-year history. This case helps students identify and understand the adaptive challenges the United States Army has faced. It also sheds light on their adaptive leadership actions and the effectiveness of those actions in the face of challenges.
Download or read book Adaptability written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tendency to maintain familiar behaviors while evolving slowly and incrementally when faced with unfamiliar problems is the result of a gap in the US Army's understanding of adaptability and the conditions required to achieve it. Developing adaptive leaders is one of the Chief of Staff of the US Army's top priorities, yet few, if any, people seem to be talking about how to enable this critical capability. This monograph argues the US Army must foster "strength of the mind" at the individual level to enable the kind of adaptive behavior the Chief of Staff of the Army demands. Adaptability requires flexible, creative, unprejudiced, and reflective thinking; the thought patterns that enable cognitive agility. However, this kind of thinking is not something that merely happens in the mind. The interrelationship between mind, body and environment continuously and dynamically shapes the structure, functional organization, and connectivity of an individual's brain rendering them either more or less likely to sustain cognitive agility in both short-term and long-term contexts. Previous efforts to improve the Army's adaptability focused on institutional development. However, the US Army needs to do more than ask how it can inculcate adaptability through its doctrine and training programs. Rather, the question that requires further research is if the patterns in the Army's current culture and climate support the kind of thinking that enables adaptability at the individual level, or if its tendencies stifle flexible, creative, unprejudiced, and reflective thinking. The answer to this question will provide the impetus for the US Army to take steps toward actionable and enduring change. The United States (US) Army has a tendency to maintain familiar behaviors while evolving slowly and incrementally when faced with unfamiliar problems. Robert Komer's 1972 study on the Vietnam War concluded that conventional government institutions struggled to respond optimally to the atypical problems it faced in Vietnam, prolonging the conflict.1 Almost thirty years later, April 2003 news reports attributed military success in the war in Iraq to superior agility and adaptability. Newspapers quoted Dick Cheney as attributing the successful advance on Baghdad to "brilliant military planning;" but it was the military's ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances that seemed to win the day. At the time, it appeared the military had become significantly more agile and adaptive since the Vietnam War, but this was not the case. Not long after the initial news reports recounted the military's success, a growing resistance to the US presence amongst the Iraqi population began to bog down US forces in Iraq. A blue-ribbon panel of bipartisan, independent experts, appointed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in August 2004, found the military was slow to "adapt accordingly after the insurgency started in the summer of 2003." In a mere matter of months, the military went from being an agile and adaptive force fighting a familiar threat, to one that was slow to evolve once the shape of that threat morphed into something unexpected, just as it had in Vietnam. Over the past decade, the US Army has attempted to improve its adaptability when faced with unfamiliar problems by developing and revising its doctrine and training, yet it continues to struggle.
Download or read book U S Army Leadership Handbook written by Department of the Army and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Army survival manual for anyone interested in the Army’s vision of leadership Coaches readers in becoming a leader of character Covers ideas such as transactional leadership and cave thinking with literature What does it take to win a battle? What does it take to lead an army into a battle? Capable leaders with good character are crucial for the Army to meet the challenges in the complex and dangerous security environment that we face today. The U.S. Army Leadership Handbook (FM 6-22) is the Army’s core field manual on leadership. It defines leadership doctrine and basic principles for all officers, Army civilians across all components, and noncommissioned officers. It uses the “BE-KNOW-DO” model. To be successful, Army leaders must be agile, multi-skilled athletes who have keen intellect, a wide range of knowledge, and strong moral character. Both military and civilian leaders will benefit from this Army field manual. Along with other military manuals and handbooks, it has lessons that are applicable in military and civilian life. All leaders need to set the example, teach, and mentor. This manual provides the principles, concepts, and training to accomplish this crucial task. Brimming with leadership principles crucial to the U.S. military and applicable to all leaders in all walks of life, this up-to-date manual will teach all leaders everything that they need to know. Topics include and are not limited to: Foundations of leadership Leadership defined Character, presence, and intelligence Leading, developing, and achieving Influences on leadership Organizational strategies and counseling
Download or read book Be Know Do written by Department of the Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Army is one of the most complex, best run organizations in the world, and central to the Army's success are strong leadership and exceptional leadership development. Army leaders must be able to act decisively and effectively in challenging situations. But the Army, despite its organizational structure, does not train leaders in a hierarchical manner. Dispersed leadership is the key to the success of the Army leadership model. Now, for the first time, you can have access to the Army's successful leadership philosophy and the principles that are outlined in Be Know Do the official Army Leadership Manual. Be Know Do makes this critical information available to civilian leaders in all sectors--business, government, and nonprofit--and gives them the guidelines they need to create an organization where leadership thrives. --(Text refers to the hardcover edition)
Download or read book Innovative Leader Development written by Susan G. Straus and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asymmetric Warfare Group offers the Asymmetric Warfare Adaptive Leader Program (AWALP)--a 10-day course designed to enhance adaptive performance in leaders and promote innovative solutions in training in support of unified land operations. This report describes results of a systematic evaluation of AWALP, offers recommendations to improve the course, and provides recommendations for ongoing evaluation of AWALP and other courses or events that address adaptive performance and acquisition of other intangible skills. The study used a pretest-posttest design and collected data from 104 students who participated in AWALP. Results show substantial improvement in training outcomes, including students' self-efficacy for being adaptive and leading adaptive teams and knowledge of course concepts. Graduates also reported that they were applying course concepts on the job after returning to their units. In addition, students had exceptionally favorable reactions to AWALP and remained extremely positive about the course three months after graduation. Results indicate few needs for improvement in the course; the most important area to address is challenges in applying concepts on the job because of the command climate and entrenched leadership. Recommendations for ongoing evaluation focus on obtaining additional measures of adaptive performance, particularly to establish the impact of AWALP on subsequent job performance. The current success of AWALP suggests that its approach to training might be usefully expanded in the Army, and the authors discuss strategies to achieve broader dissemination. Finally, the authors describe how the methods used in this study might be applied to evaluating related training in other contexts.
