Stifling Innovation: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders Today

Abstract

The author examines the current company commander experience and concludes that the Army values innovation in its rhetoric, but the reality is that junior officers are seldom given opportunities to be innovative in planning training; to make decisions; or to fail, learn, and try again. If the transformed Army will require leaders who can operate independently in the absence of close supervision, the current leader development experience of company command will have to change. Consequently, the author asks for senior leaders not to do more, but to do less and thus give subordinates more freedom to innovate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA401393

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  • Leonard Wong

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  • United States Army War College

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  • Biomedical

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  • Adolescents
  • Artillery
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Doctrine
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  • Generation X
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  • Management Personnel
  • Millenials
  • Personality
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