Relationships of Leadership Competence with Leader and Unit Performance Effectiveness
Abstract
This report integrates findings on platoon leaders' (PLs) and platoon sergeants' (PSs) performance on the leadership competencies that U.S. Army doctrine sets forth for guiding leader development. Platoon members rated their leaders' competencies before platoons deployed to a U.S. Army Combat Training Center (CTC). Leaders were also rated by observer/controllers (OCs) on their competency performance during the CTC exercises. The CTC OCs and/or platoon members later rated the performance of platoons in mission accomplishment and the overall effectiveness of PLs and PSs as leaders during the CTC exercises. Ratings indicated that PLs and PSs need some improvement, especially in the leadership shown at-the CTCs. Competency performance both at the home station and during CTC exercises was consistently correlated with platoon effectiveness in mission accomplishment. While these results suggest the validity of the competencies for leader development, other results show the need for methods yielding ratings that are specific both to leadership components and to leaders in a unit.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA257240
Entities
People
- Trueman R. Tremble Jr.
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences