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Army Leader Attributes
Yehyun Park
BLC Class
09/16/2018
Army Leader Attributes
The Army is an institution built on mutual trust and confidence. The leaders guide his teams to accomplish the mission successfully. Army leaders are to act decisively and command, within the purpose and intent set by the superiors to accomplish the mission. The Army is made of a team of lenient individual entrusted to perform certain task following the base command rule as ascertained in the hierarchy of power. The intention of an Army leader should always focus on how to inspire and improve the organization for a better future. Army leader is the most important aspect of Army leadership doctrine. In order to develop desired attributes associated with character, presence, and intellect, the Army leader is required to acknowledge the need of having consistent self-awareness and commit to lifelong learning.
The character is one of the core foundations for being an Army leader and comprises of moral and ethical qualities above reproach. The moral and ethics create a distinction that empowers and motivates the leader to commit to doing the right thing no matter the circumstance or consequences. Successful leadership depends entire on traits such as values, empathy, discipline and services ethos. Army values comprise personal values, standard, principles, and qualities nurtured from childhood with a desire to serve. The most influential Army values include loyalty, respect, duty, honor, integrity, personal courage, and self-service. Army leaders demonstrate a high level of empathy that helps to relate, share feelings, and understand each other. With deeper understanding, Army leader is well equipped to anticipate feelings of others and envision the impact of their action or decision on their teams. Self-discipline or the ability to control individual behavior by doing the right thing at all times falls under character. Self-disciple drives the Army leader by having mindset aimed at practice sustained and systematic actions to enable the organization to perform military function smoothly. Warrior and service ethos refer to the trait that enables the leader to conform to professional requirements. The ethos reflects soldier commitment to serve the fellow soldier, unit, mission, and more so the nation. Nurtured Army leader conduct him/herself with the same attitude, beliefs, and commitment in the line of duty and out of duty. The warrior ethos is normally developed and sustained through dedication, discipline, the pride of heritage, and adherence to Army values.
Presence is the integral aspect of all military personnel. Army leader must make their presence known by guiding his team to success. The physical appearance, actions, and communication should create an impression of a passionate leader. Demonstrating care for others and inspiring them through hardship and in times of dangers. Army leader integrate with the subordinate staff to gain firsthand experience of real situation in the field. The attribute of presence helps the leader to understand others expectation when serving the organization and nation. Presence enables the leader to develop a deeper understanding of fitness, confidence, professional, and military bearing, and resilience in duty. The holistic presence lay emphasis on physical and psychological fitness in all situation. Army leader should always gear to look and act professionally and use their skills in a manner that promotes Army values. Fitness for mission and being positive by demonstrating a high level of confidence on the team is crucial in leadership. Self-confidence is essential especially in areas of combat and positively impact the team to victory. Army leader is resilient, recovers quickly from setbacks, adversity, stress, and shock thereby fostering team morale, and maintain the mission and focus of the organization.
Intellect is the other core attribute of an Army leader. Army leader demonstrates high faculty of reasoning and being objective while undertaking their professional duties and responsibility. The mental tendencies that shape an Army leader include mental agility, innovation, sound judgment, expertise, and interpersonal tact. Army leaders should have flexibility of the mind in order to anticipate and cope with changing or uncertain situation. Since the mission is the king, innovativeness assists the army leader to introduce a new approach whenever there is an opening to navigate the problem and find possible solutions. In most case, each mission is unique and requires a different approach and thus the need for sound judgment upon assessing the situations. All conclusion must be rational and reliable. Army leader possesses a wealth of experiences, including special knowledge and skills developed from massive training and education. Interpersonal tact allows the Army leader to interact freely with peers. Recognition of character, motives, a reaction of oneself and others helps to integrate with each other effectively. Army leader should have self-control, recognize diversity, strike a balance where necessary, and remain steady when discharging their mandates.
References
United States. Department of the Army. (2012). Army leadership (ADRP, 6-22). Washington, D.C.: Headquarters, Departments of the Army.
