VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE NCO ACADEMY FOUNDATIONS OF ARMY LEADERSHIP

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Part one / Chapter 2 / FM 6-22 VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Leadership (Defenitions) ARMY FM 6-22: Is the process of influencing people by providing, purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization. (same as your Introduction to Leadership -MSL I) LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (NROTC): leadership is defined as influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes that reflects their shared purposes.

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Leadership (Definitions) LEADERSHIP AND FORCE DEVELOPMENT(AFDD 1-1): Leadership is the art and science of motivating, influencing, and directing airmen to understand and accomplish the Air Force mission in joint warfare. MARINE CORPS (MCWP 6-11):The primary goal of the Marine Corps leadership is to instill in all Marines the fact we are warriors first. (FMFM 1-0, purpose and scope, pg93.

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Leadership (Defenitions) LEADERSHIP (THEORY,APPLICATION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT) PS-334: The influencing process of leaders and followers to achieve organizational objectives through challenges. CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT (7TH EDITION):The process by which an individual exerts influence, motivates, and directs their activities to help achieve group or organizational goals.

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Army leaders are responsible for being personally and professionally competent, they are also charged with the responsibility of developing their subordinates. Army identifies three categories of core leader competencies: lead, develop, and achieve. VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Leadership and Command Authority When you are commanding, leading [ Soldiers] under conditions where physical exhaustion and privations must be ignored; where the lives of [Soldiers] may be sacrificed, then, the efficiency of your leadership will depend only to a minor degree on your tactical or technical ability. It will primarily be determined by your character, your reputation, not so much for courage-which will be accepted as a matter of course-but by the previous reputation you have established for fairness, for that high-minded patriotic purpose, that quality of unswerving determination to carry through any military task assigned to you. General of the Army George C. Marshall Speaking to officer candidates (1941) VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Command is a specific and legal leadership responsibility unique to the military. Command is the authority that a commander in the military service lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment. Command includes the leadership, authority, responsibility, and accountability for effectively using available resources and planning the employment of, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling military forces to accomplish assigned missions. It includes responsibility for the unit readiness, health, welfare, morale, and disciplinary of assigned personnel. (FM 5-0.1) VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Command: Is about sacred trust. Nowhere else do superiors have to answer for how their subordinates live and act beyond duty hours. Society and the Army look to commanders to ensure that Soldiers and Army civilians receive the proper training and care, uphold expected values, and accomplish assigned missions. VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Leadership Requirements Model The model’s basic components center on what a leader is and what a leader does. --Attributes: What a leader Is. --Core Leader Competencies: What an Army leader Does. VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Attributes: What an Army leader ____. - A leader of character - A leader with presence - A leader with intellectual capacity VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Attributes: A leader of character Army Values Empathy Warrior Ethos VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Attributes: A leader with presence Military Bearing Physically Fit Composed, confident Resilient VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Attributes: - A leader with intellectual capacity Mental agility Sounds judgment Innovation Interpersonal tact Domain Knowledge VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Core Leaders Competencies: What an Army leader _______. Leads Develops Achieves VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Core leaders competencies: Leads Lead others Extends influence beyond the chain of command Leads by example Communicates VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Core leaders competencies: Develops Creates a positive environments Prepares self Develops others VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Core leaders competencies: Achieves Gets results VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Excelling at the Core Leader Competencies: Leader competence develops from a balance combination of institutional schooling, self development, realistic training, and professional experience. Apply these in concert and tailoring them to the situation at hand. VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

FOUNDATION OF ARMY LEADERSHIP Excelling at the Core Leader Competencies: Why competencies? It provides a clear and consistent way of conveying expectations for Army leaders. VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE --- NCO ACADEMY

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