Army Leader Development and Leadership: Views from the Field

Abstract

The Center for Army Leadership (CAL) Annual Survey of Army Leadership (CASAL) assesses and tracks trends in Army leader attitudes, leader development, quality of leadership, and the contribution of leadership to mission accomplishment. Over 100 questions cover topics on the quality of leadership and leader development. The results of the 2010 CASAL are summarized here in three main sections: leader development, effects of character and climate on leadership, and professional military education (PME) in leader development. The CASAL provides research guidance for policy decisions and program development. It is an authoritative source that uses a large, random representative sample and a rigorous scientific approach for survey development, data collection, and data analysis, and it calibrates its findings with other Army research. Data was collected online from a representative sample of over 22,000 Regular Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard officers. Approximately 22,500 Army leaders participated, with a response rate of 16.1 percent. The large, random representative sample, combined with comparisons with other Army research, allows for high confidence in the accuracy of these findings. Responses are both quantitative and qualitative. Trend data indicates that Army leaders are lacking in developing their subordinates for future leadership roles. Data collected from 2006 to 2010 consistently show that Develops Others is the lowest rated Army Leader Core Competency. A two-thirds favorability rating has been established in research as a threshold for acceptability. Since 2006, no more than 61 percent of active duty Army leaders have rated Develops Others favorably. While this competency has improved in the last several years, it is still well below the acceptability threshold and rated much lower than all other core competencies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1076134

Entities

People

  • John P. Steele
  • Ryan M. Hinds

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptability
  • Active Duty
  • Data Analysis
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Military Education
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Military Reserves
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Guard
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Training

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Regression Analysis.