Leadership Development Plan For The Mississippi Army National Guard

Leadership development in the military is critical to its mission and objectives. Understanding and embracing leadership will foster an agile culture and facilitate attainment of strategic goals. People desire quality leadership to assist with achieving their goals, albeit personal or professional development. Having a clear vision and the motivation to perform at high-levels influences others to work synergistically together to achieve organizational goals. Insomuch, employees value being treated respectfully, fairly, and ethically. Leaders serve people best when they help them develop their own initiative and good judgment, enable them to grow, and help them become better contributors.

Christian leadership infused with a profound ethical standard will set leaders, followers, and organizations apart. The Bible provides a substantial amount of moral and ethical leadership examples and principles that are applicable to modern ethical leadership development (see Table 2). This directive encourages an ethical example for leaders proclaiming, “Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned…” (Titus 2:7-8, English Standard Version). Thompson (2010) believes leaders should be developed ethically to be “action-oriented leaders who recognize the moral importance of their decisions as moral agents” (p. 29).

As an officer in the United States Army, it has been imperative for me to understand every facet of leadership and why it remains important to be an effective leader. During this course, I have learned some valuable lessons about myself as a leader and how I can improve on my leadership ability in the future. The journal entries along with the understanding of available leadership theories have been an integral part of my learning during this course. For all of the journals and assessments that I completed, I feel it has given me a good understanding of my current leadership status and my future potential as a leader. All of the specific assessments looked at several areas in regards to leadership; these assessments covered several

The MSARNG has proven that it has the ability and leadership to make necessary changes when issues arise. However, if they do not know how to identify and solve the issues they will become stagnate (Maxwell, 2005). This leadership development plan has shown the MSARNG their needs and gaps and provided a solution that will give them a chance to correct the issues before they get further out of hand. The revised leadership development plan will focus on the professional development of the leaders. The plan will provide valid and effective ways for measuring and refining the problems that have been identified. Leaders have to be able to teach, refine and correct with the appropriate training tools in order to correct any issues in the organization (2 Timothy, 3:16, KJV). Therefore, it is clear to see that the MSARNG can use this plan to help decrease retention, increase recruiting and improve succession planning in order to set the organization up for success in the

Summary: In this article the authors are addressing future leaders, and they immediately inform the reader that because there is more complexity considerably more complex issues and technologies than a century ago in the operational military environment, there is a great need for military leaders to achieve autonomy in terms of adapting to and learning about the evolving environment. In short, leaders must be smarter and better prepared for a changing world.

When an organization wants to better and improve itself the leadership is the most important resource available. They are the rock of the organization and the engine that pulls the weight of the cars. In order for the organization to help grow a comprehensive leadership development plan must be established and used. A leader can make or break the organization as they are the ones that make things happen or let things fail. This paper will discuss how the Mississippi Army National Guard (MSARNG) can grow their leadership by creating a new leadership development plan using new strategies and objective.

In recent years women in the United States have been making advancements in leadership roles. One place that women, in the past, had not been able to take on more power is the military. In just the past few years’ women have been allowed to serve in combat roles, however little advancements have been made for them to serve in special operation forces. In just the last few weeks some this has been questioned as two women are about to graduate from ranger school. Having women graduating from ranger school, a grueling leadership course in the military, shows advancements women are making in leadership roles today.

“Treat a child as if he already is the person he is capable of becoming.” - Haim Ginott How do we help young people become ethical leaders? This is an important question because our long-term future depends on how well we prepare young people to make positive ethical choices and honor multiple dimensions of ethical responsibility. We can help our young people build scaffolding for thinking through ethical challenges. We can help them learn that ethics is about positive actions, not the ethical mistakes often covered in the news. Helping them interpret what’s going on in the world according to positive ethical values helps them make ethical choices. Another important role parents and teachers play is encouraging young people to reach for their potential and to become their best selves. This support requires a growth mindset, not expecting perfection, but encouraging their

Leaders are responsible for influencing followers to perform actions, complete tasks, and behave in certain manners. Effective leaders also influence processes, stimulate change in attitudes and values, and amplify empowerment and self-efficacy of their followers, as they foster the internalization of corporate vision. The nurturing aspect of leadership can also raise an organization’s culture and employee’s values to higher levels of ethical behavior. By demonstrating ethical leadership we promote a high level of integrity that stimulates a sense of trustworthiness, and encourages subordinates to accept and follow our vision (Mickey, 2013).

This research paper focal point will discuss CBP’s current leadership development programs, its leadership development policy that is currently in place, and which areas it can improve on; pro’s and con’s. The paper will determine if any of the existing leadership practices that CBP is following is actually effective long term or needs to be changed for future success. Furthermore, this paper will analyze the differences between CBP’s current leadership development programs with other leadership programs that have been successful such the the U.S Air Force

This broader concept of ethical leadership empowers leaders to incorporate and be explicit about their own values and ethics. The following list provides a framework for developing ethical leadership. It is based on the observations of and conversations with a host of executives and students over the past 25 years, and on readings of both popular and scholarly business literature. Written from the perspective of the leader, these ten facets of ethical leaders offer a way to understand ethical leadership that is more complex and more useful than just a matter of “good character and values.”

Leadership training program is becoming more and more common in the modern-day of higher education institutions. The positive effects on students’ character development and value have been found in leadership education (Astin & Antonio, 2004). Participating in the leadership development program was related to the students how to make the moral and ethical decisions (Astin & Antonio, 2004). Leadership development activities can be found in clubs and organizations, classes and also community service. Nevertheless, no matter in what organization, serving in leadership roles allows students to interact with others and to develop new skills.

Throughout this course I have learned many aspirational aspects of what a leader is and the characteristics that it will take to become an effective leader. Reflecting back on where I am in my career has definitely given me an eye opener as to the many skills that I will need to acquire in order to become a leader that is effective within my current organization. This course has given me some insight as to the meaning of true ethical leadership. One specific thing that I learned from this course was that a leader’s choices are influenced by their moral development. Ethically, these types of leaders help followers deal with conflicts by reflecting change.

Leadership is a very important characteristic in today's society. Many value a good leader, yet a good leader is elusive. While some would point to the current president as the epitome of such an individual, many would disagree. Thus, one asks, repeatedly, what makes a good leader, and only receives mixed answers. But a good leader is someone who can implement a variety of policies while remaining true to the customer, or the citizen, and make profit for the business, or simply sound policies for a nation. The two articles summarized below discuss good leadership with regards to ethics, another very important component in today's society. These articles will be summarized individually, then compared, after which some conclusions will be drawn.

I will examine the importance of personal ethics in leadership and how ethics produce effective leaders in organizations today. The importance of understanding ethics, motivation to act as a role model and developing a plan of action for an organization are discussed because of their importance regarding development of good leadership. These key points suggest personal ethics positively affect leadership and when made a priority for leaders will produce ethical and effective leadership. With so many definitions of leadership, the question evolved from “what is the definition of leadership?” to “what is good leadership” (Ciulla, 2004, p. 13). To develop a system of values one must compile a list of the most important instrumental values and terminal values. These lists are unique to every individual because they are determined by personal importance. Instrumental values, such as honest, helpful, ambitious, responsible, etc. should reinforce terminal values. Once a leader’s means are consistent with desired goals, their value system is unified and they have climbed the staircase from the lobby to the first level of values. The climb from the first floor to the second floor results in a person incorporating principles into their newly developed values. Although values act as the bedrock of ethics, principles are required because alone, “values are far too vague to have much meaning in ethical analysis” (Cooper, 1998, p. 12). Morals are ideals that help us decipher between right