The Importance Of Military Leadership

Great leadership can motivate an entire nation of people to sand and follow. It shows greatness, and what a well lead team or nation can do with a single purpose in mind. On the other side of that coin is poor leadership and the damaging affects it can have on an organization and its people. The military has long been known to produce great leaders. Civilian leaders seem to always be under the microscope of the public with the exception of some greats like Steve jobs, Elon Musk, the founders of Google, but their approach to leadership is much different than the military. The major reason for the difference is the cost of failure. With the military under a fast transition, the styles and approaches to leadership have changed. The major

These future leaders are evaluated by their superiors and then sent to a board of senior ranking officials. If they have prepared enough then they will be recommended for promotion and have to attend formal schooling in a basic leadership course called Warrior Leaders Course, previously known as Primary Leadership Development Course (Leadership Training, 2014). At this level a junior leader might be in charge of a small team, maybe 4 or 5 people. Their primary function is training and execution of orders, and the welfare of those soldiers under them. Many of the real tests and lessons of leadership come from being in the position and learning from senior leaders who are observed and from mentorship. Walter Ulmer Jr. states, “Military officers spend almost twice as much time in classrooms over their career than do their civilian counterpart.” (Ulmer Jr., 2005). Roughly 35% of CEO’s have their Master’s degree, as opposed to nearly 95% of Military Generals (Ulmer Jr., 2005). Successful military leaders spent a lot of time in their organization and they know it inside and out. The same goes for successful CEO’s in any industry, whether it be business , technology, or medicine. The biggest similarity is the level of understanding both successful CEO’s and successful military leaders have of their organizations and the people in