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Military Value Analysis

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My core values were developed in my younger years and came from my parents and close family. One of my core values is integrity. This value came from my father and served as a basis for other traits that developed in me, one being that of honesty. This things were ingrained in me from my earliest memories. To this day, I don’t think I ever heard my father tell a lie or not tell the whole truth. To me, integrity goes farther than just being honest, it is having and living by the principles that I believe.

Another core value that is a part of me is that family, next to God, is the most important thing in my life. This value was planted into me by my parents, in the way they loved me, supported me, and encouraged me. As a core value, it not fully developed …show more content…

I strive to put the needs and wants of the people I supervise first whenever possible. Just because I am a supervisor, I am no better a person than they are; I just have a higher rank. As a rookie officer I was told when I needed something, “It sucks to be you” by my sergeant. That had a lasting impact on me and made me determined to care for those under me if I was ever the sergeant. I have not always been an 8/8 on the leadership grid. When I first got promoted I was an autocratic leader, but still tried to take care of the officers on shift. As I have progressed in my career, I have tried to become more a democratic leader and believe I have accomplished that. Still at times there is a need to be more of an autocratic leader. Along the same lines, at the start of my supervisory career I can now see that I was very much a manager. I did not deal with people very well, I just expected that they were adults and would have the work ethic to do what they were supposed to do. I found out quickly that some did not and that managerial style of leadership did not work

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