Dispositional Flexibility

For the next 10-15 years, leadership development is critical within the military. Training to develop agile leaders will yield a competitive advantage within both private and public organizations. Importantly, leadership training should mirror as if one would fight in the new Era International Security Environment. Such tenacity will confront limited engagements in the next 10 years, plus a great deal of offensive operations in the 15 years. Therefore, trained leaders are flexible to their changing missions, roles, and responsibilities, thus are more adaptive to compelling new conflicts.

This paper on Leadership will compare the primary differences and characteristics between the tactical leader and the organizational leader. I will provide you with the basics for development, characteristics, and the fundamentals that help guide and influence each leader’s style and how they influence Soldiers to follow them. Leaders at all levels demonstrate their values, knowledge, skills, and abilities in many different means and methods in

Leaders are look upon as role models as they guide us with their motivating, influence to accomplish tasks. There are a lot of leadership styles; when leading, it is based on the situation. When I was in the military, I encountered with many different styles of leadership. A leadership that I considered meaningful is a Transformational Leader. The transformational Leader in the military with their inspiring charisma of motivating, influence creates a visualized path that produces energetic characteristics that inhere to new changes, developments, and possibilities.; by demonstrating authority, the Transformational Leader in the military utilizes their power to inspire and motivate people into trusting and following their example; this as

As discussed by Military Times (2013), the constantly assess the following traits by continually knowing myself and seeking self-improvement every chance I get, along with being technically proficient in my duties while seeking responsibility and taking responsibility for my actions. I diligently work to make sound and timely decisions while setting the example for others to emulate. I closely monitor my personnel and look out for their well-being, while keeping them informed at all times. I always develop a sense a responsibility in my followers, ensuring each task is understood, supervised, and accomplished. I regularly find new and improved ways to build teams while employing them in accordance with their capabilities.

“At times of change or dealing with uncertainty or in a crisis-- that is when the best leader will shine” (Ellis, 2016). A leader who can work effectively in a complicated, unpredictable situation is a competent leader and he tirelessly works to improve his capabilities (Ledlow & Coppola, 2010). All great leaders are known for communicating effectively what they want to achieve. They are visionaries who have the ability to lead others toward a shared goal (Gibson & Weber, 2015).

There are many different types of leadership styles that are tailored to a firm's goals and resources and the leader must be able to determine which is best. Leadership can make or break an operation as is sets the operational structure and the amount of power each individual has. No matter what a manager must be able to effectively lead a team. They need to be able to motivate individuals and keep them on task so they may reach their goal within a timely manner. Without leadership an operation can fall to pieces if employees lack direction, are unaware of the goal, or lack the passion to execute their task properly.

Abbie Wood – P2: The roles of a team leader in the public services. What is the role of a team leader? The role of a team leader is to make sure that his/her team knows what they are doing and that they are going in the right direction, they should keep everything in order, resolve or overcome their own conflicts, manage or coordinate tasks – so to find out what tasks need to be completed and set them for different team members, show their knowledge or initiative, give orders and punishments, give demands, have authority or power over the team, prevent/avoid anarchy (chaos), boost reflection – this is something that you do, you look at yourself and think about the good and the bad things you have done and how you can improve them, act as

Specific knowledge and skills I will gain and use include flexibility and adaptability in changing my leadership style as appropriate. This will require an attitude of humility. I have been in the workforce for decades and have become complacent with many of my leadership habits. I want to create new habits such as socialized charismatic leadership skills. This includes developing autonomous, responsible employees who feel ownership of our team’s goals. I want to openly communicate my values, listen, and consistently generate

The key quality needed for flexible leadership is humility. The freedom needed to serve and empower others stems from a personal confidence of our identity in Christ; a product of self-awareness and management (C. Hayes, personal communication, April 11, 2018). The cultivate of these leadership competencies depends upon honest assessment of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Therefore, a flexible environment will depend on faithful accountability both personally and organizationally, strong coaching and mentoring relationships, as well as a continued commitment to personal learning (Wilson,

(2016). p.33). There are many traits that a leader must have to be able to be successful. Three that come to mind are trustworthy or honest, motivated, and knowledgeable. Ever leader needs to be honest and have the trust of those who are following them. This is essential for any plan or idea to be carried out steadily. Also, open communication cannot happen if one does not trust their leader. Next, a leader must be motivated and have energy. If a leader is not motivated, those who are following them are also not going to be motivated either. Someone has to be able to push others to keep up the hard work to get to where they need to be. Lastly, a leader needs to be knowledgeable. At work, often when faced with something that I do not know the answer to, I go to my charge nurse who is very knowledgeable on almost all situations that may arise. If lacking any vital knowledge, staff under that leader will not have anyone to go to in times of need. This leads to the follower being lost and not knowing what the next step is in their situation. All of these traits are what I like to see in a leader in my work

The modern Army is to become more adaptive and resilient in different situations. I believe leadership is very important because it can influence others. When we talk about influencing others, we are making changes. Many Soldiers do not like changes because they prefer to remain in their comfort zone, and changes in routines are often uncomfortable for the Soldiers. What can we do to adapt to a new environment?

My time in the military has shown me that I have a need for order and discipline. I want to instill this trait into my subordinates and affectively give them the tools to succeed and complete the mission both home and abroad. I lead from the front and never leave those willing to strive for betterment. My plan involves completing my degree and obtaining the knowledge level needed to effectively take care of and train my replacements in true values, pride in ownership and family values. A stepping stone is that anyone can learn from anyone, even if it’s what not to do. I challenge myself to right all the wrong styles of leadership that I have experienced throughout my career and be that exception to the policy/good ole boy club members. The Air Force can change with assistance from those willing to make the change. I have given blood for my countries ideals and know I will give my every effort to help produce the most capable and experience airmen for the purpose set by our CINC. I

Being a flexible leader in my opinion is essential in achieving the organizations goals, as it gives both the leader and those being led the opportunity to make use of their capabilities to their full potential. I believe that being flexible gives those that are being led room for solving problems in a fashion that is not rigid and constraining. Flexibility gives those being led a boost of motivation and morale. In a rigid environment, individuals tend to be frustrated resulting in people performing below standard. However, the leader needs to be in a position to identify how flexible she can be:

Beginning in boot camp and continuing throughout my career, I’ve seen the Coast Guard promote the leadership model to be: “You” influencing “Others” to achieve a “Goal”. With all the different ways leadership can be defined, this simplistic model which has been permanently engrained in my thinking definition still rings true for me. As such, when defining my own personal definition of leadership, I align it to this same model. More specifically, while I support the fact that leadership involves influencing others to achieve a common end I propose that is not the whole story. Leaders must not be stagnant in their vision and must lend themselves to the possibility they may have to adjust their leadership styles depending on the goal. The best leaders are the ones that understand their own personality traits as well as those traits of the people they are trying to lead.

The first-hand experience I have attained from guiding has taught me plenty about the qualities a competent leader must possess. Great leaders often share the trait of being flexible to better suit the needs of the group as a whole. When I used to guide day trips there were many times where I had to be flexible in order to suit the needs and desires of my clients; a particular time that comes to mind is when I took a group of elderly people out on the Matanuska Glacier. When I met with my group I began to assess their ability levels and planned out there hike accordingly, I