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SERIES
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
Military Leadership - Concept & Competencies
LECTURE 1
by
Subhas Chandran
Faculty of Defence & Management Studies
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INTELLECTUAL
EXCELLENCE DOMAIN
Knowledge
mastery &
intellectual
competency
building
LEADERSHIP
EXCELLENCE
DOMAIN
Values Based
Leadership
Develop the ability
use values, norms
and principles of
the MAF
PERSONAL
ATTRIBUTES
PROFFESSION OF
ARMS
Developing
expertise
required by the
military
profession
military ethos
basic training
military doctrines
KNOWLEDGEABLE
AND PROFESSIONAL LEADERS
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Your mission
to defend this nations sovereignty and
ensure its territorial
integrity is not violated and remains
intact.
if war is inevitable then victory must be
assured.
Your Role
to lead your troopers and units into battle.
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sacrifice).
- orders come down the chain of command
- following orders the right thing to do
- being a team player to accomplish task
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unexploded
ordinance or booby
traps.
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mentally).
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3 Critical Points:
o Leadership differs at different levels
o Leadership skills are being constantly leant and adapted
as leaders go up the ladder.
oCommon principles of leadership will help develop
horizontal and vertical teamwork.
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Leading or Managing?
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COLONEL
GENERAL
LEADERSHIP
WORK WITH PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE
OBJECTIVES
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MANAGEMENT
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LEADER
COMMANDER
Influences people to
accomplish mission
Who are we?
What are we here to
do?
Concerned with
intangibles like vision,
team commitment and
team cohesion,
Uses command
authority sparingly.
MANAGER
Organizes,
coordinates all
activities in line with
rules and procedures
Deals with tangibles
like finance,
manpower,
infrastructure,
logistics etc.
Concerned with
accomplishing group
goals
How and where they
need
to go?
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MANAGER
AUTHORITY
INFLUE
NCE
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Principles of Leadership*
Applicable at all levels
Know yourself and seek self improvement - turn weakness to
strengths.
Be technically and tactically proficient to do job well and
inspire confidence
Seek and take responsibility for your actions be
responsible for bad performance but pass on to your soldiers
the compliments
Make sound, timely decisions for mission accomplishment
Set the example Follow me do as I do & be prepared to do it
yourself.
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Cont
Know your soldiers and look out for their welfare empathy understand their hopes and feelings - why they
do things and why they dont.
Keep your soldiers informed build trust and develop
confidence in your leadership
Develop a sense of responsibility in your soldiers - if
they show a level of responsibility and skill then trust them
Ensure the task is understood, supervised and carried out
Train soldiers as a team
Employ your unit according to its capabilities
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Military Leadership:
A process of influencing your soldiers to accomplish the mission by
providing purpose, direction and motivation
Command :
The authority a person in the military service lawfully exercises
over his subordinates by virtue of rank or position.
Leaders Responsibility:
To accomplish the mission and look after the welfare of the soldiers
under your command.
Chain of Command
Hierarchy of commanders in a military organization who have direct
responsibility and authority to accomplish the mission
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Looking
Must Know:
oUnderstand Standards
oHimself
oHuman Nature
oHis Job
oHis Unit
Must Do:
oProvide direction, purpose and motivation
* BE, KNOW, DO Leadership The Army Way
Eric Shinseki &
Frances H
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