Leader development in Army units : views from the field /
Summarizes discussions with over 450 Army officers (lieutenants through colonels) about leader development in Army units. These discussions revealed that the type and extent of leader development activities vary greatly across units, but that they are generally informal and most heavily influenced b...
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Santa Monica, CA :
Rand Corp.,
2008
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Study participants and methods
- Overview of unit-level leader development
- Commander's influence on unit-level leader development activities
- Counseling, coaching, and mentoring
- Specific elements of leader development programs
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Appendix A. Junior officer questionnaire
- Appendix B. Leadership qualities that junior officers most admire and wish to emulate
- Appendix C. Lessons learned by junior officers from good and bad examples of Army leadership
- Appendix D. Brief review of other studies of leader development.
- Ch. 1: Introduction
- ch. 2: Study participants and methods
- ch. 3: Overview of unit-level leader development
- ch. 4: Commander's influence on unit-level leader development activities
- ch. 5: Counseling, coaching, and mentoring
- ch. 6: Specific elements of leader development programs
- ch. 7: Conclusions and recommendations
- Appendix A: Junior officer questionnaire
- Appendix B: Leadership qualities that junior officers most admire and wish to emulate
- Appendix C: lessons learned by junior officers from good and bad examples of army leadership
- Appendix D: Sample battalion commander development form
- Appendix E: Brief review of other studies of leader development.
