Strategic Leadership in the Transformation Age

Abstract

The purpose of my Strategic Research Project is to examine The Army's ongoing Transformation and the changing strategic environment, identify the skills, knowledge and attributes strategic leaders will need to possess, and what methods we should use to develop the leaders successfully. Using the Army Training and Leader Development Panel (Officer) (ALTDP) recommendations as a starting point, the paper looks into the Army's view of future war, and determines that the present skill sets are enduring and should be retained. This paper describes how The Army is addressing the ATLDP identified disconnects in five strategic baseline skills and offers six more skill sets developed by the Strategic Leader Task Force that strategic leaders need in Contemporary Operating Environment. These Additional skill sets identified for the Transformation age indude: 1.) Self-awareness, 2.) Adaptability, 3.) Global Astuteness, 4.) Strategic Warfighting Mastery, 5.) Cognitive Complexity, and 6.) Interpersonal Maturity. Finally, the paper gives some recommendations for the officer education system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 2002
Accession Number
ADA401667

Entities

People

  • William G. Kidd

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Distance Learning
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Instructors
  • International Organizations
  • Mental Processes
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Psychology
  • Schools
  • Students
  • Thinking
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.