Essays on Army Leadership

Abstract

Destructive leadership, or toxic leadership, is known to have a damaging effect on subordinate members of the armed forces. In the military, toxic leaders are those who engender low levels of confidence, torment, overwork, and micromanage their units, inflict undue stress, and repeatedly violate their soldiers’ trust (Elle, 2012; Reed, 2004). Toxic leadership tends to undermine discipline, morale, and motivation and has a highly divisive effect on unit cohesion. The presence of toxic leadership within the army has recently been confirmed by a survey indicated at least 20 percent of officers and NCOs have worked for a toxic leader ( ...

The U.S army has for a long time used the Standard Army Retail Supply System (SARR) in its logistical planning. Stakeholders have, however chosen to make changes, with the army now employing the Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army) for its logistical and supply needs. This is a considerable change to the organization and possesses a challenge as to how the change can be managed effectively. This paper looks into the best possible approaches for the U.S army when adopting this change in logistics and supply. The U.S Army reports to the department of defense. The army is organized into ...

Arguably, the Army leadership is an important skill in the line of duty. In fact, the situation and individual faces, experience, skills, as well as solving problems approach affects the outcome of various events. This is the reason why the army focuses on two major issues, which include leadership and training. Army leadership is the most complex behavior of human beings. Army leadership is a skill of motivating as well as influencing people by establishing both direction and purpose. An Army leader is an important individual in the military who is depended on various issues; hence, as an Army leader ...