2016 Center For Army Leadership Annual Survey Of Army Leadership CASAL: Military Leader Findings

Abstract

CASAL is the Army's annual survey to assess the quality of leadership and leader development. 2016 findings are based on responses from 11,006 Army leaders, consisting of 7,798 sergeants through colonels in the Regular Army, US Army Reserve, and Army National Guard, and 3,208 Army Civilians. This 12th year of the survey has additional coverage on methods of unit leader development, organizational citizenship behaviors OCB, and integrated professional military education PME and unit training. Among uniformed leaders, 11 of 13 leader attributes and 2 of 10 leadership competencies surpass a benchmark of 75 percent favorable. Develops Others and the Leads category of competencies warrant the most improvement. Operational experience has the largest percentage of AC leaders rating it as an effective domain of leader development at 75 percent, followed by self-development at 71 percent, and institutional education at 61%. While the quality of PME is rated favorably by 77% of recent graduates, smaller percentages believe their course was relevant to their job duties 65% or improved their leadership 56%. Integration of AC and RC leaders in PME courses and in unit training exercises is well received as having a positive effect on these learning experiences. Only one third of leaders indicate awareness of formal leader development plans and guidance in their unit. The climate in which leadership occurs has mixed indicators. There is high commitment to ones unit and effective collaboration and demonstration of discretionary helping behaviors i.e., OCBs in teams and work groups. However, there is insufficient access to resources to accomplish duties to standard and an increase in problems with workload stress. Levels of morale and career satisfaction remain relatively stable and moderate. The intentions of AC captains to remain in the Army reached a 12-year high. Existing leader development resources are designed to address areas that need improvement but remain underutilized.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1056626

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  • Jon J. Fallesen
  • Katelyn J. Cavanaugh
  • Rachell L. Jones
  • Ryan P. Riley

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