Toxic Leadership Reflection

In the leadership context in which I currently work I am assigned as a Platoon Sergeant accountable for 45 Soldiers and their families. The issue that I have witness within my current organization has seemed to be the lack of care for the individuals within the unit by the higher level leaders. As a senior leader within the organization I have found it to be really challenging being surrounded by what I view as toxic leadership. The plan that I have for the issues within the organization is to change the organization one Soldier at a time. This plan will take time and will have to be started at the bottom and target the new Soldiers that arrived in the unit. The issue that I see with most of the leaders that have positions of power to be individuals

The knowledge of the subordinates knowing the differences between leadership and effective leadership will allow them the empowerment to demand fair and just treatment. The reason that I feel that I will have to attack the lower enlisted individuals will be because these individuals are new to the organization and the Army at the same time. Individuals that have been within the organization for a while will be less willing to accept change. After an individual has gotten use to the norms of the organization they will tend to not have any issues with the way that the organization is ran. The third approach to inflicting change within the organization will be challenging the authority of the leaders that seem not to care and allowing them to know my views and feelings of their leadership styles. I will approach those leaders and question them on the reasons that they make certain decisions and inform them of the impacts that they have on the subordinate Soldiers when they make toxic decisions that do not entertain the best interest of the Soldiers within he

Franklin Roosevelt was a president that was power hungry prior to being diagnose with polio disease. I look at how he changed his approach to leadership and became among the list of the most dependable presidents of the United States of America. This displays that the leaders within my organization can accept change with the right education and with the right leadership challenges and experiences throughout their careers. I feel that changing the organization will be a challenge and that I will have to bring amongst positive impacts that will allow me to win the hearts