Five Reflections on Building a Mission Command Culture – Part 2 By The Army Leader In Part 1 I gave what I think are the first two rules of thumb for a mission command culture. Rules based on establishing your intent and communicating it. The next three rules are about creating a culture of trust…
Five Reflections on Building a Mission Command Culture – Part 1 By The Army Leader Mission command is more than just the British and US Armys’ philosophy of command – it’s more or less the NATO philosophy of command. It’s founded on the clear expression of intent by commanders, and the freedom of subordinates to…
Think About Leadership – Or Drop Behind By The Army Leader I was struck recently by an article at www.themilitaryleader.com about consuming and producing leadership. It made me think… about thinking. I’ve had the honour over the years of serving with some great leaders. Some were ‘formally intellectual’ – had Masters degrees, were thoughtful, wrote articles…
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