Supervisor's Course Reflection: The Pride Saves Lives Class

For an example, Lieutenant McDonough had to learn how to deal with enlisted men for the first time. His soldiers were used to a distant, unpresent platoon leader who left all the leadership to the non-commissioned officer, so when he arrived, they treated him like a the clueless officer that they had before him. McDonough had to earn trust with his men and show them that he was willing to go out on patrols with them and reprimand them if they were being insubordinate. He struggled with this balance of trust and authority especially with the new soldiers he was sent after losing some of his originals in battle. He knew he had to utilize his NCO platoon sergeant, Hernandez, but Hernandez felt usurped because, when the previous platoon leader was in charge, he had most of the command of the soldiers in battle, and Lieutenant McDonough seemed to have taken some of that from him. McDonough, although having done his job, had to make repairs to that relationship with his

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

I liked everything about this course. The seminars, study plans, and the weekly discussions help

I asked Chief McKinley what positions he felt were the most influential in the department. Chief McKinley believes that Sergeants and Field Training Officers (FTO) are the two most important roles in the department. Both positions are leadership positions and set the culture for the department. Sergeants work closing with patrol and have an influence over them, whether they want to admit it or not. Sergeants must be aware that officers look to them for guidance and mimic their attitude. This is why it is imperative for Sergeants to display a professional attitude at all time. The same can be said for Field Training Officers. FTO 's are responsible for laying the ground work as the example of how to act with the public, suspects, victims, and fellow employees. Both positions must be professional at all times.

As a squad leader and a sergeant in JROTC I've learned many things like how to march myself and other cadets, how to teach in my own way, and how to become more independent of me. These three skills have all been a huge accomplishment from the person I was before joining the program. I have become cadet of the month and taught others how to do the same. Although some may not like my leadership

It is one thing to initiate change and think of ethics within your unit using the principles and concepts from this course. It is a whole other experience to initiate any of these practices during combat operations out of necessity to save lives.

The most important thing I learned about myself as a Non-Commissioned Officer during multiple deployments happened at the nine month mark of my third deployment. I learned that as a leader you must put yourself in front at all times to ensure the safety and security of your soldiers. I also learned that no matter how difficult the situation, everyone will fall back on the training they received in order to ensure mission success. Extensive training coupled with strong leadership all the way through the Army level are necessary for the accomplishment of some of the most difficult missions.

As a future leader, I would like you to conduct Physical Readiness Training, Preparation Drills and Recovery Drills for the platoon. Take time to come up with training for the section. Example teach a class on how to lay a quadrant for fire missions.

Being at the Chief’s Academy has been a great experience for me. I have learned many things during my time here that I will take back to my unit and apply to my day-to- day work. In the following paragraphs I will talk about three things specifically. The first thing I will take back will be my dedication to working out and my overall fitness. I will take what I have learned about fitness and share it with my subordinates. Secondly, in relation to the generations class, I will think about how people are different and how they come from different places and how I need to adjust my self to those differences. Lastly, I will take what I have learned about coaching and use that to better understand my people by listening and asking thought provoking questions. Even though I have learned many things, these are the three that I believe I will

The training taught us when the best time to be commanding, visionary, affiliative, democratic, pacesetting, and coaching leaders. They broke us away on only task-oriented leadership styles and more for people-oriented leadership ways. The training tried to be more hands on to treat each people as an individual and bring them into a team.

General Powell highlights 18 lessons learned in leadership that are applied to successful companies, and how they are applied to leadership in his presentation to the Outreach Program, and the Sears Corporate Headquarters. These approaches can be applied not only in business but life in general. I will highlight three of the lessons that have impacted my career in the military

This is a reflection of two movies I viewed which I feel has connections to classes that I received while attending Warrant Officer Intermediate Level Education (WOILE). The two movies I chose to watch and pull my inspiration from are Remember the Titans, a movie based on a true story from the early 70’s and my second choice was The Replacements, a fiction comedy. Both movies reflect on leadership and teambuilding, but first, let us get a little background on the two movies.

I agree, Marvin. Realizing this makes me see how much we have progressed throughout this course. I felt this course was very intensive, but educative at the same time because of the work we had to put in to complete harder assignments every week. Knowing these basics allows us to create a plethora of programs by ourselves.

The class ACE 231 similarly structure to Aged 260. Professor Paul Stoddard lectures were both formal and informational. Prof. Stoddard truly cares about students and goes out of his way to demonstrate that fact. Tests are straightforward from the power points he gives, in which is, appreciated the most. The class projects were great. One specific project entailed interviews with professional managers. The interviews consisted of questions, which required the interviewee to go into depth regarding their leadership styles, behaviors, and opinions on roles in their organization. Overall, the course is great and offers new ideas in support of leadership. Professor Stoddard's class actually inspired the consideration to double minor.

In summary, I have learned a great deal from my fellow Technical Sergeants throughout the ILE course. I will bring what I have learned in this experience to improve my unit which will ultimately improve the Air Force as my subordinates go to different assignments. I will continue to strive to be the best leader and follower I can be.