Effective Team Leadership: A Competitive Advantage

Abstract

Leading and team leadership are related, but distinct. In today's environment, senior leaders must master both competencies. In what follows, we argue Army leaders need to develop--in more rigorous and deliberate ways--team leadership skills that go beyond the basic leadership competencies. Leaders of highly successful teams embody the leadership traits already familiar to us, but in even greater measures and at more sophisticated levels. Given the need for 21st-century Army leaders versed in full-spectrum operations, we assert that specific team leadership skills can provide competitive advantage for senior field-grade officers. The team leadership model we offer addresses some concepts not currently discussed in professional military education.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA595113

Entities

People

  • Murf Clark
  • Stephen J. Gerras

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Boundaries
  • Contracts
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Field Grade Officers
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Operations
  • Leadership
  • Military Education
  • Personnel Management
  • Standards
  • War Colleges

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
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