Army Leadership

Leadership is the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization.

Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, Personal Courage.

Toxic leadership is a combination of self-centered attitudes, motivations, and behaviors that have adverse effects on subordinates, the organization, and mission performance.

Bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States, the Army, your unit and other Soldiers.

Fulfill your obligations.

Treat people as they should be treated.

Put the welfare of the nation, the Army, and your subordinates before your own.

Live up to the Army Values.

Do what is right, legally and morally.

Face fear, danger, or adversity.

Anyone who, by virtue of assumed role or assigned responsibility, inspires and influences people to accomplish organizational goals.

Esprit de corps denotes the Army’s winning spirit—a collective ethos of camaraderie, mutual trust, and cohesive teamwork.

Leaders can mitigate resistance by anticipating what others value, their reactions to influence, their shared understanding of common goals, and their commitment to the general organization or the purpose of the mission and their trust in the organization and the leader.

Command is the authority that a commander in the armed forces lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment.

Army Command Policy

They can, but these results are often short-term and do not lead to deep and lasting changes in the soldier.

Trust. Honorable service. Military expertise. Stewardship. and Esprit de corps.

Shared understanding of their professional identity, reasons why they serve, and ways they serve the American people. Motivation, discipline, striving for excellence, and good morale.  A sense of accomplishment: “Duty Well-Performed!” Pride in honorable service defending the American people. Belonging to a cause greater than oneself: love of country, the Army Family, and preserving the peace. Living by the Army ethic.

A shared sense of purpose and mission. Pride in the teamwork that makes its members willing to sacrifice for one another. Perseverance through adversity and challenge. A professional organizational climate—upholding the Army ethic. Honoring organizational customs, courtesies, and traditions and legacies. Pride in the organization and its accomplishment. The sense of teamwork that makes its members willing to sacrifice for one another.

ADP 6-22

Mission command is the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander's intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations.

Character, presence and intellect.

Leads, Develops, and Achieves.

Who the leader is, their internal identity.

How others see the leader.

The knowledge the leader possesses and their ability to apply it.

Stewardship is the responsibility of Soldiers and Army civilians to strengthen the Army as a profession.

Shared understanding that “America’s Army” is one indivisible team. Willing obedience to civilian authority as a trusted member of the joint force. Professional and leader development that prepares and certifies Soldiers and Army civilians. Demanding training that ensures readiness to accomplish the mission. Programs and systems that are trusted to be ethical, effective, and efficient.