Army Profession: How Effective Leadership Reinforces an Ethos of Trust
Abstract
This study researched the Army Capabilities Integration Center Warfighting Challenge 9, Learning Demand 6: How does the Army reinforce an ethos of trust that supports honorable service, military expertise, stewardship, and esprit de corps? The research first pursued a definition of "ethos of trust." The second endeavor was the derivation of an initial Trust Building Model, which categorized the attributes and competencies from the Leadership Requirements Model from Army Doctrine Reference Publication 6-22, Army Leadership, into three categories. The first category is the attributes and competencies that were found to be unlikely to build trust, the second category identified those attributes and competencies that have the potential to build trust but appeared to be context-dependent, and the third category is the attributes and competencies that appeared to build trust independent of the context. A case study was then conducted including Matthew B. Ridgway, Richard D. Winters, and Harold G. Moore in the execution of their duties in the 8th Army, Easy Company, and the 1/7 Cavalry respectively. The attributes and competencies that they exhibited were identified and compared to the initial Trust Building Model, providing insight into the trust building nature of their leadership, and the resulting ethos of trust.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 10, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1020045
Entities
People
- Chris D. Hanna
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College