Friday December 23, 2005
The Army defines leadership as:
Influencing people--by providing purpose, direction and motivation--while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization .
Army leadership is also expressed through the phrase:
BE - KNOW - DO.
BE
Army leadership begins with character, the values and attributes that shape what the leader must BE. They adopt and internalize the Army Values and develop the requisite mental, physical, and emotional attributes of a warrior.
KNOW
Interpersonal, conceptual, technical, and tactical skills constitute what a leader must KNOW. Army leadership demands competence in a diverse range of human activities that expand in complexity in positions of greater responsibility.
DO
Leadership demands action--the self-discipline to DO what feels or is know to be right. Army leaders must act in both immediate conditions and over the long term. Army leaders exercise influencing actions to motivate and mentor subordinates. They perform improving actions to continually develop and increase the proficiency of their units, their Soldiers and themselves.
Today's security environment demands more from Army leaders than ever before. Army leaders must not only be able to lead Soldiers but also influence people. But ultimately, the Army demands self-aware and adaptive leaders who can compel enemies to surrender in war and master the circumstances facing them in peace.
Source: FM-1, Chapter 1, Section 5
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