A single blueprint for a
leadership program cannot fit every command. Programs must be custom built;
however, the following key points are applicable to all leadership programs:
• Each command must want to
improve its leadership.
• Each command must consider its
needs, capabilities and mission.
• Each command must ensure
overall consistency. A common approach which can be carried out by successive
commanding officers is provided by General Order 21. It provides both the
stimulus and the guidelines for a balanced program.
• Each command should seek to
improve in all the areas—inspira tional, technical, and moral—and should not be
satisfied until tangible improvements have been observed in each of these
areas.
A command program should
motivate or inspire people to lead and also provide for the practice of
leadership at all levels. Although a program can be separated into a motivation
phase and an action phase to facilitate its planning and implementation, the
two phases should operate concurrently to achieve success. Emphasis may be
shifted from one phase to the other to compensate for turnover in people and
the changes in operation and material or to relieve pressing command problems.
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