...USAWC STRATEGY RESEARCH PROJECT TEAMBUILDING: A STRATEGIC LEADER IMPERATIVE by Colonel Christopher J. Putko United States Army Doctor Craig Bullis Project Adviser This SRP is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Strategic Studies Degree. The U.S. Army War College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (215) 662-5606. The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The views expressed in this student academic research paper are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. U.S. Army War College CARLISLE BARRACKS, PENNSYLVANIA 17013 Report Documentation Page Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations...
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...a. The development of personnel is a continuous process focused on improving performance and building skills. It includes both formal and informal instruction, internal and external learning opportunities, professional development programs, performance assessments, developmental counseling, and recognition and awards. To aid in the continuing professional development process, all elements of the 201st RTI will ensure that an Individual Development Plan (IDP) is developed for each S&F member. The IDP benefits both the organization and the member. The IDP will be revised annually and align with the organization's mission, goals, and objectives. b. It is important to note that Staff and Faculty Development not only focuses on current assignment...
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...DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ENTER UNIT NAME AFVB-XB-F 15 January 2012 MEMORANDUM FOR SUBJECT: Initial Counseling/ Philosophy 1. The purpose of this counseling is to provide you with the information about my philosophy on leadership, standards and expectations. I have tremendous expectations of you as a Bradley Gunner in this platoon. I am confident that you will not have any difficulty implementing and accomplishing what is expected as long as we work together as a team. Always remember, there is no “I” in “TEAM”! As a leader, I owe you the opportunity to perform to the best of your abilities. By the same token, I will not do your job for you. Always do what is right not what is easy and when no one is looking. 2. I am proud and honored to be your Section Leader. My goal is to ensure this section is the best Infantry Section in the Army (and I mean it)! Your job as a Bradley Gunner is tough and demanding. I understand this because I once was where you are today. 3. LEADERSHIP: Effective leadership can sometimes appear strange because there are no set rules or formula to guide you. Every soldier’s (regardless of rank) personality is different. Therefore, I place the utmost trust and confidence (until proven lost) in the abilities of my leaders and charge them to effectively lead, develop and take care of soldiers entrusted to them. I will delegate and give as much responsibility as any soldier can handle and is willing to accept. I manage by observing; asking questions...
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...Case Study: Developing an Overweight Program James Brandt ENG/215CA - Effective Academic Writing October 17, 2013 Joseph San Juan Case Study: Developing an Overweight Program Throughout history, the United States Army has had a proud heritage and reputation of being the greatest fighting force in the world. It has upheld this status by maintaining the physical fitness and appearance of its soldiers. Every soldier is individually responsible for his or her overall fitness and body fat percentage. In addition to this, every unit appoints a Weight Control Non-commissioned Officer (NCO) to ensure that established weight and body fat standards are adhered to and followed. It is the sole responsibility of the Weight Control NCO to identify soldiers not meeting the standards and develop a program in order to assists those soldiers in meeting the standards. If a unit’s Weight Control NCO successfully develops and implements an effective program, the unit will have a high percentage of physically fit soldiers, who can be mission ready at all times. Background Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, currently has 25 soldiers, who are overweight and do not meet the body fat standards. In light of this problem, First Sergeant (1SG) Jeffery Clark quickly appoints Staff Sergeant (SSG) David Upton as the company’s new Weight Control NCO and charges SSG Upton with the task of developing a program to solve the overweight problem in the company. To accomplish...
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...DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY YOUR UNIT YOUR BASE AFVB-XB-F 26 March 2012 MEMORANDUM FOR SGT SMITH SUBJECT: Motor SGT Initial Counseling/ Philosophy 1. The purpose of this counseling is to provide you with the information about my philosophy on leadership, standards and expectations. I have tremendous expectations of you as a Motor sergeant in this company. I am confident that you will not have any difficulty implementing and accomplishing what is expected as long as we work together as a team. Always remember, there is no “I” in “TEAM”! As a leader, I owe you the opportunity to perform to the best of your abilities. By the same token, I will not do your job for you. Always do what is right not what is easy and when no one is looking. 2. I am proud and honored to be your Motor Sergeant. My goal is to ensure this Team is the best MST in the Army (and I mean it)! Your job as a Squad Leader is tough and demanding. I understand this because I once was where you are today. 3. LEADERSHIP: Effective leadership can sometimes appear strange because there are no set rules or formula to guide you. Every soldier’s (regardless of rank) personality is different. Therefore, I place the utmost trust and confidence (until proven lost) in the abilities of my leaders and charge them to effectively lead, develop and take care of soldiers entrusted to them. I will delegate and give as much responsibility as any soldier can handle and is willing to accept...
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...apply moral ethics in their practice. Study from several academic periodicals, trainings and textbook understandings are noted features for this paper. Groups The implementations of ethics in counseling is not to micromanage and/or try to inform someone of how to do their job, it is provided in order to help counselors and other professionals maintain standards within the profession one is in and it is the standard of behavior or action in relation to others. “A code of ethics for most professional organizations or associations is designed to articulate the standards of practice for a group of people.” (Kocet, 2006). Although ethics have many definitions, they are all intertwined to state the same meaning. According to Jacobs (2012), “Most ethical problems and situations deal with therapy and growth groups, although ethical standards apply to leaders of all kinds of groups.” (p. 27) These types of problems or unethical behavior usually occurs when a leader is not knowledgeable enough to lead a group or the leader shows or have a lack of care for their members. “All professional associations, such as the American Counseling Association, the National Association for Social Workers,...
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...Five Functions of Management within the Army Denise Witherspoon MGT 330 Jonathan Good May 7, 2012 Five Functions of Management within the Army The five functions of management within the Army are inseparable. Through lost wars and battles, Army leadership had to learn the hard way why those functions were inseparable. In this paper, I will provide a brief narrative of the Army’s organizational structure and how it applies to the five functions of management. I will also incorporate leader and motivation theories as it relates to the Army. The Army’s organizational structure can be complex to those who aren’t familiar with the military. The Army consists of numbered armies, corps, divisions, brigades, and battalions that conduct full spectrum operations around the world.” (Department of Defense 2012). Those units report to the Department of Defense through a chain of command. The units within the Army have front line managers (Troop Commanders), middle managers (Division Commanders), and top managers (Commanding Generals). These managerial levels are comprised of Army officers. The enlisted leadership is comprised of line managers and staff managers. The President is the Commander-and-Chief of the armed forces, otherwise known as the President. His top-level management team consists of the Vice-President, the Chief of Staff, and the Secretary of Defense. The Army is a mechanistic organization combined with a Professional...
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...raters are writing inaccurate and irrelevant NCOERs and making them less effective, because NCOs are not applying themselves. NCOs expect to be evaluated fairly, objectively, and want to be receiving an NCOER that will allow them to excel for further promotion and assignments. An NCO wants to have the faith that their rater is competent enough to give them a proper rating, good or bad, on their performance. The visual information career field is small and highly competitive to reach the ranks of Sergeant First Class to Sergeant Major, so accurate NCOERs are crucial to compete. An area of concern on ethical behavior was found on NCOERs coming from the Defense Information School instructors. NCOs had received bullets that were exactly the same and in the same blocks of evaluation, causing the value of their NCOERs to be devalued and possibly causing Staff Sergeants to fall behind their peers for promotion. The inaccurate and irrelevant NCOER Ever since I was a young Sergeant, I learned that the Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Report, NCOER is a crucial document to show and justify what you have learned and accomplished during that rating period. In recent years as I have become a senior noncommissioned officer and been able to review many NCOERs, I have seen a pattern for NCOs in the Visual Information career field for the Signal Corps. Leaders are writing inaccurate NCOERs and making them less effective, because NCOs are not applying themselves. I still believe that the...
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...necessary for good order and mission accomplishment. Not everyone will agree with every rule, nor will every rule be easy to follow, but it will be in everyone’s best interest to follow them to the best of their ability. We must ensure our service members are ready. A ready force is a winning force. Substance abuse is one of the many issues the Armed Forces must address and combat to ensure a ready force. Each service has its own programs and policies but the premise for all are very similar. I will examine one of the programs used to bring awareness and training to this very important issue. In an effort to combat substance abuse and provide education and awareness, the Army has developed a program called the Army Substance Abuse Program or ASAP. According to the United States Army Center for Substance Abuse presentation on Alcohol, alcohol is the most abused substance among soldiers. Soldiers who abuse...
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...TA 600-BNCOC/05-002 THE ARMY TRAINING SYSTEM (TATS) COURSEWARE BNCOC SOLUTION TO PRACTICAL EXERCISES BASIC NONCOMMSSIONED COURSE PHASE I PREPARED BY UNITED STATES ARMY SERGEANTS MAJOR ACADEMY FORT BLISS, TEXAS 79918-8002 FOR THE ARMYY SCHOOL SYSTEM (TASS) INSTITUTIONS FIELDING DATE: OCT 04 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK BNCOC SOLUTION TO PRACTICAL EXERCISES PFN T321 T342 L327 L326 L330 L335 L328 L333 L336 L324 L338 L340 T323 W326 W332 T341 W323 W325 W321 W322 Table of Contents The Risk Management Process Cultural Awareness Considerations Enforce the Equal Opportunity Program Communicate Effectively in a Given Situation The Army Writing Style Develop Subordinate Leaders in a Unit Counsel Subordinates The Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Reporting System Motivate Subordinates to Accomplish Unit Mission Ethical Behavior Apply the Ethical Decision-Making Method at Small Unit Level Develop a Cohesive Team Training Management at the Squad Level Intelligence and Electronic Warfare (IEW) Operations Establishment of a Check Point Casualty Evacuation Troop Leading Procedures Squad Tactical Operations Graphics and Overlays Plans, Orders, and Annexes THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK U.S. ARMY SERGEANTS MAJOR ACADEMY (BNCOC) OCT 04 BNCOC SOLUTION TO PRACTICAL EXERCISES BNCOC BNCOC Stand Alone Common Core THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK T321 PRACTICAL EXERCISE SHEET T321 Title Lesson Number/Title Introduction OCT 04 THE...
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...Management Functions Edward Thompson Jr. MGT 330: Management for Organizations Professor Chad Blando October 6, 2013 Management Functions Introduction In management, there are different functions an effective manager can utilize to assist them in meeting an organizations future goals and objectives. In order for Managers and employees to be successful, each of the individual concepts has to be addressed in detail. In the text, it states, “The management functions include planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling human and other resources to achieve organizational goals. All organizations, regardless of their levels of performance or profit motives, have a management structure and management staff” (Reilly, Minnick, Baack, 2011 p. 1.3). A Manager has to identify any possible weaknesses an organization may have and work toward fixing the problem and improving productivity in the company. Strategic planning is a company’s decision about what it wants to accomplish, and how it wants to go about accomplishing it. Planning also helps the company form its mission statement As the text states “Planning consists of the following steps: (a) examining the company's internal and external environments, (b) setting goals, (c) choosing strategies, tactics, and operational plans, and (d) allocating organizational resources to pursue the company's goals” (Reilly, Minnick, Baack, 2011 p. 2.6). Strategic planning is an essential element in the military. The government...
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...Leadership in the Tennessee Army National Guard MGMT 591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Course Project Instructor: Barbara Vallera October 20, 2013 Introduction The Army National Guard is a military government agency that primarily under the command of the governor of the state. The Militia Act of 1903 organized state militias into what is not the National Guard. The National Guard Bureau, located in Washington, DC, has regulatory authority over National Guard units that are not under orders from the United States Army. The State Head Quarters is located in Nashville, TN. Units of the Army National Guard are dispersed throughout the state. I am currently a Battery Commander with the Army National Guard. I have been a Battery Commander since July, 2013. Prior to becoming the Battery Commander I served on the Command Staff of the Field Artillery. While serving on the Command Staff I was in a position the developed training plans for the entire Battalion of the Field Artillery, a battalion is made up of three firing batteries. I have served as an Executive Officer and a Platoon Leader in a Battery. I was enlisted for over ten years and achieved the rank of Sargent, a Non-Commissioned Officer. I then decided to become an officer and applied for and was accepted to the Officer Candidate program. There were 124 fellow service members that were in my class of Officer Candidates. Of this number there were 19 that graduated and became officers. I...
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...Commander’s and First Sergeant’s Quick Reference Guide to Army Regulations December 2011 (Version 2) CPT Joe Byerly Joe.byerly@us.army.mil CPT Michael Shepard michael.j.shepard@us.army.mil 1 Commander’s and First Sergeant’s Quick Reference Guide to Army Regulations Chapter 1 Table of Contents 1. PURPOSE ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 General .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Credits ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. ARMY WEIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM (AWCP) ........................................................................................ 6 2.1 References ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Main Points ................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Company Commander Responsibilities........................................................................................................ 6 2.3.1 General Requirements ..................................................
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...Abuse Prevention Programs Julie Valpuesta Grand Canyon University April 9, 2014 Substance Abuse Prevention Programs There are many substance abuse prevention programs in America. The Army Substance Abuse Prevention, Partnership for a Drug-Free NC and SAMHSA are three of them listed in this paper. They all have goals, funding, marketing, government policies and standards to which they have to adhere to. They all have components that work, problems and a certain level of effectiveness. The follow is an overview of these three agencies and how they work. Goals and Method of Operation First, we have Army Substance Abuse Prevention. The Army strives to ensure that its soldiers are properly treated when it comes to substance abuse. Their goals consist of “Increase individual fitness and overall unit readiness. Provide services which are proactive and responsive to the needs of the Army´s workforce and emphasize alcohol and other drug abuse deterrence, prevention, education, and rehabilitation. Implement alcohol and other drug risk reduction and prevention strategies that respond to potential problems before they jeopardize readiness, productivity, and careers. Restore to duty those substance-impaired Soldiers who have the potential for continued military Service. Provide effective alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and education at all levels of command, and encourage commanders to provide alcohol and drug-free leisure activities. Ensure all personnel assigned to ASAP...
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...offender can sometimes be that of a person who is seeking to take something from someone regardless of opposition. However, it is not our responsibility as a leader to evaluate the evidence and form a conclusion. As leaders we are to support the system of justice and protect our Soldiers. We are to ensure that guidelines and regulations are enforced and adhered to. This rational is what I had in mind when I wrote this paper. I did not go into the specificity of the case or the right or wrong of each Soldier. I used critical thinking to see all the possible avenues of approach. The final outcome is to place my Soldier’s needs before my own. As a leader in today’s Army it is vital to have a clear understanding of the Sexual Harassment and Response Program (SHARP). This will empower us to be an effective Army leader by properly training our superiors and subordinates. Situations like the scenario given have to be handled with extreme tact and understanding. The ideal mindset is that we have effectively trained our Soldiers for these types of scenarios. The best case scenario is that this type of situation would not happen in the first place. We build relationships of trust and train our Soldiers in every interaction with them. However, we do not always live in an ideal world. PV2 Rogers came to me because of their concern for a fellow Soldier, PFC Nolan, and as that Soldier’s leader I must ensure as a their leader to put their needs first....
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