Some Lessons Learned About Leadership in Operation Desert Shield/Storm
Abstract
This study sought to identify lessons learned about leadership in Operation Desert Shield/Storm (ODS/S) that the Army could use to assess/update its leader development programs, Two questions were addressed: (1) In a situation like ODS/S, are any of the Army's nine leadership competencies (FM 22- 100) considered more important than the others?, and (2) Is the Army's leader development program teaching the right things, in the right way, or do changes need to be made? To gather data, a questionnaire was administered to 357 ODS/S veterans (mostly Captains) attending leader development courses at the Army's Command and General Staff College. With respect to the first question, researchers concluded that these Officers viewed the competencies of decision- making, technical/tactical skills, and professional ethics to be among the most important for their own leadership in ODS/S and the competencies of teaching/ counseling, use of available systems, and supervision among the least important. With respect to the second question, researchers concluded that these Officers (a) had a high opinion of the leadership they had received from their ODS/S commanders and (b) evaluated the Army's leader development program positively... . Leadership, Leader development, Leader competencies, Leader effectiveness, Operation Desert Shield/Storm
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA268947
Entities
People
- Joel M. Savell
- Ross C. Teague
- Trueman R. Tremble Jr.
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences