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10 Principles of Military LEADERSHIP
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10 Principles of Military LEADERSHIP

Principles of Military Leadership

In this section, the speaker discusses ten principles of military leadership and how they can be applied to civilian organizations.

Trust Subordinates to Accomplish the Mission

  • Effective military leaders do not micromanage.
  • They trust their subordinates to accomplish the mission.
  • Leaders provide direction, guidance, and priorities through commander's intent.
  • Civilian leaders could benefit from giving direction, guidance, and priorities instead of dictating every detail.

Team of Experts Led by a Generalist

  • The business model of the US military is to have a team of experts led by a generalist.
  • The leader is the generalist while staff and subordinates are subject matter experts.
  • The recommended military span of control is three to five operational elements for effective leadership and operations.

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

  • Every military section has a standing operating procedure (SOP).
  • SOPs explain how units function and who their points of contact are.
  • Every civilian organization would be better off if each section had a short continuity book that explained how they functioned.

Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP)

  • The US military has a strict format and regimented process for planning missions called MDMP.
  • Step two in MDMP is mission analysis which has 18 tasks.

Benefits for Civilian Organizations

  • Civilian organizations could benefit from having a lawyer, human resource officer, Intel or security manager, CEO to manage day-to-day operations, logistics team network in IT professionals, and achieve financial officer.

-Outsourcing staff expertise can help ensure that businesses are efficient and effective.

Military Communication and Continuous Professional Development

In this section, the speaker discusses the importance of effective communication in the military and how it can be achieved through techniques such as back briefing. The speaker also emphasizes the value of continuous professional development for enlisted men and women, officers, and specialists.

Importance of Effective Communication

  • Military communication is critical and often a matter of life and death.
  • The back briefing technique is used to verify that the message given is the message received.
  • When a headquarters publishes an order, they make their subordinate units back brief what they understand their mission to be. This ensures effective communication.
  • Back briefing can have many applications beyond the military context, such as ensuring effective communication with family members or colleagues.

Continuous Professional Development

  • Continuous professional development (CPD) is essential for personal growth and career advancement in the military.
  • Enlisted men and women go to basic and advanced leadership schools, sergeant majors academy, and are even given time off for degree completion. Officers attend basic and advanced courses for their branch, combined armed service staff school or intermediate learning objective (ILO), War College, or graduate school. Signal officers and specialists get various certifications in Microsoft networking and SharePoint.
  • Devoting time to developing subordinates can make them better leaders and more competent workers while improving overall team performance.

Combined Operations: Joint vs Combined Forces

In this section, the speaker explains the difference between joint operations (working with other branches of one's own country's military) versus combined operations (working with forces from another country). The speaker highlights how working together leads to greater synergy and legitimacy.

Joint Operations

  • Joint operations involve working with other branches of one's own country's military.
  • The US military always works with the Air Force, Navy, and Marines to achieve their objectives.

Combined Operations

  • Combined operations involve working with forces from another country.
  • Working together leads to greater synergy and legitimacy, allowing for collective combined and joint effects to be greater than the sum of individual efforts.

Collaboration and Team Mentality

In this section, the speaker emphasizes the importance of collaboration in achieving success in both military and civilian contexts. The speaker also highlights how military service inherently creates a team mentality that values the team over the individual.

Collaboration

  • Collaboration is essential for success in civilian contexts as well as in the military. Successful businesses seeking to improve should always look for opportunities to collaborate.
  • Examples of successful collaborations include Supreme partnering with Louis Vuitton or integrating Instagram into Facebook or YouTube into Gmail and AdWords.

Team Mentality

  • Military service inherently creates a team mentality where the team is more important than the individual. Heroes jump on hand grenades and sacrifice themselves for those they love and serve alongside, while soldiers postpone medical treatment to keep fighting even when injured. Everyone is replaceable, but the team is more important than any individual member.
  • Civilian companies should deliberately plan, invest time and money into building their teams since a team is always more successful than individuals alone.
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