Shaping the Future Leader: Rethinking the Marine Corps' Approach to Officer Leadership Development

Abstract

This paper evaluates the Marine Corps' current approach to Officer leadership education, identifies existing gaps, and recommends a new approach for Officer leadership development. The study begins with an overview of leadership and the goals of leadership development. Next, it examines the existing USMC approach to leadership development, to include the overall structure of Professional Military Education and the objectives of leadership development from entry-level training through field grade officer PME. Ultimately, this study underscores the value of a standardized leadership education plan that prepares Marines to lead in complex operating environments and proposes a method to implement such a plan.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 08, 2016
Accession Number
AD1176193

Entities

People

  • Shane M. Mann

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Curriculum
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dictionaries
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Expeditionary Warfare
  • Leadership Training
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Training
  • Military Education
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Professional Development
  • Schools
  • Second World War
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.