Helana Ross (Shuck)
Mr. Forester
World Religions
28 February 2013
Incorporating Morality and Spirituality into Military Leadership “Spiritual-based (leadership): From this view, the nature of business itself is transformed - so that the primary purpose of business and leadership is spiritual fulfillment and selfless service to society, where both are motivated from the Source of creation. Wealth creation is no longer the goal; it becomes a means for enabling and sustaining this purpose. Business leaders promote the spiritual fulfillment of everyone touched by the business: Employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, and society. Likewise, business leaders develop selflessness in their service to society, seeing the Source in all whom they serve” –William Miller. This one quote gives us a brief description of how spirituality can tie into leadership. If the military incorporates these two characteristics into its leadership, our leaders will be more effective. What defines ineffective leadership? What are characteristics of both ineffective and effective leaders? How do we use spirituality to become more effective leaders? All of these questions are about to be addressed. An ineffective leader is someone who isn’t capable of leading and can’t produce the desired effect (m-w.com). In the military, this is someone who can’t contribute to mission readiness. What are some obvious signs of an ineffective leader? The most commonly described traits are they are micro-managers and constantly hover over their personnel, an adverse effect of this is the person doing the job may become frustrated as they feel they can’t be trusted to do their job without someone over their shoulder. They present unclear objectives or change objectives frequently, when it comes to military matters, there’s no room for not knowing what you are supposed to be doing or lack of