Air Force Leadership Study: The Need for Deliberate Development

Abstract

This study is designed to improve the current Air Force process of leader development. While today's processes have been successful, changes will be required in the future. In conducting this study, the research team identified desired leadership characteristics and analyzed them against the projected future environment. The next generation of Air Force leaders must expect to deal with a strategic environment characterized by increasing volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA). Spiraling civil unrest, humanitarian crises, and the impact of instant communications and networking tools will combine to create unpredictable, volatile circumstances. The AFRI research team predicts that in many future cases the US government will need the Air Force to provide strategic solutions to problems currently unknown. Air Force leaders using off the shelf solutions will have difficulty succeeding in this more intense environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA562062

Entities

People

  • Adam Lowther
  • Brain Landry
  • John Conway
  • Karen Currie
  • Scott A. Johnson

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Climate Change
  • Cognition
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • International Organizations
  • Military Education
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Systems Analysis and Design