The Reimagining Defence Interview By The Army Leader What are the most important ideas and trends that every military leader must understand? Grey Zone conflict? Information warfare? The evolution of urban conflict in megacities? Right now there are plenty of contenders for ‘most important trend in defence’. Last week I spoke to two military officers…
Better Government By Better Leadership: Submit Your Ideas! By Nour Sidawi of One Team Gov One Team Gov are a team of UK policymakers, service designers and digital professionals who are working together to make government more effective. Later this year FutureLearn will be releasing their first crowdsourced online leadership course. We are inviting you…
50 Free Online Courses for Your COVID-19 Self Isolation By The Army Leader Whether you are self-isolated at home due to family infection, following government advice, or dispersed to protect yourself before you get activated as part of the Army’s Covid Support Force, this does not need to be wasted time. Of course you can…
The Army Leader’s Most Read Articles of 2019 So the year is nearly over and we have a chance to look back. For the small team here at The Army Leader its been an international year of achievements and deployments. The editorial team have been to some diverse locations including Finland, Poland, Nigeria and Afghanistan.…
Christmas Leadership Book List 2019 By Tim Heck, Book Reviews Editor Each year, with Christmas around the corner and High Street full of holiday sales, The Army Leader reaches out to respected military leaders, scholars, and authors to ask them for a recommendation for our Christmas leadership book list. This year we sought a more…
We Happy Few: A Call for Inclusion By The Army Leader The 25th of October is St Crispin’s day, a festival that celebrates the martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian around 286 AD. It is also (and perhaps better) remembered as the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, part of the Hundred Years’ War between…
Centre for Army Leadership Conference 2019 – Leading in the Digital Age Article sponsored by The Sandhurst Trust On the 23rd of October the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is set to host the British Army’s largest-yet leadership development conference. Titled Leading in the Digital Age, the Centre for Army Leadership’s third annual conference will look…
Leadership Lessons for Father’s Day If you’re a father, then Father’s Day is a great day. Depending on the age of your children, there’s half a chance you’ll get a lie in, you’ll probably get taken out for a meal somewhere and with any luck your children will at least attempt to pay you some…
Summer Book List 2019 Last Christmas we asked a group of senior leaders what books they would recommend a leader has on their Christmas list. Well Christmas is now far behind us. The cold is a distant memory and most of us are looking forward to relaxing in the sun over the summer. And if…
Exclusion and Inclusion: The Inner Ring CS Lewis is probably best known for his books: the Narnia children’s series, his science fiction novels and his Christian allegories. But he was also the Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University and a keen observer of human nature. One piece of his work is not…