Strategic Leadership Competencies and Development
Abstract
The Army often uses the term Strategic Leadership to describe a myriad of officers and their inferred competencies. Today, it seems as important as any time since the founding of this country that the Army gets strategic leader development right. The Army must identify what competencies matter most and tackle the hard and daunting task of developing those skills in senior leaders early. Most, unfortunately, will never occupy senior leadership positions that give them the authority to exercise strategic leadership, but the institution must do all it can to build a strong foundation of officers with the potential to become strategic leaders. The Army must nourish these potential strategic leaders by developing them into strategic thinkers and encouraging them to develop strategic competencies through continued self-improvement. Strategic leaders must be visionary; they must create organizational climates that are empowering, open, and learning; and they must be systems thinkers. This project will explore what current and past Army doctrine, the Army War College Strategic Leader faculty, and other experts have to say on this topic and offer recommendations on what the Army should sustain, improve, and add to further this cause.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 30, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA469662
Entities
People
- James H. Jenkins Iii
Organizations
- United States Army War College