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Title: Leader Development for Full Spectrum Operations for Conference of European Armies Heidelberg, GE 31


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Leader Development for Full Spectrum
OperationsforConference of European Armies
Heidelberg, GE31 October 2008
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Outline
  • Desired Leader Characteristics
  • Adaptable
  • Agile
  • Able to Operate in Ambiguous Situations
  • Ways to Build these Characteristics
  • Training
  • Educating
  • Institutional Barriers

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Characteristics
  • Adaptable an effective change in behavior in
    response to an altered situation
  • Agile to break from habitual thought patterns,
    to improvise, to apply multiple perspectives, to
    consider new solutions
  • Comfortable Operating in Ambiguity - the ability
    to understand the commanders intent
  • Able to Operate in Ambiguous Situations -
    understanding commanders intent being empowered
    to act

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Ways to Build these Characteristics
training for certainty. educating for
uncertainty
  • Training - to make proficient with specialized
    instruction and practice
  • Educating - the process of acquiring particular
    knowledge or skills to include critical thinking

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Institutional Barriers
  • Institutional - potential for organizational
    bias to prevent inculcation of acquired skill
    sets

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As Leaders We Must
  • Train for Certainty
  • Educate for Uncertainty
  • Empower for Ambiguity and Autonomy
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