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Author Richardson, John B., IV.

Title Real leadership and the U.S. Army : overcoming a failure of imagination to conduct adaptive work / John B. Richardson IV
Published Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2011]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 136 pages) : illustrations
Series Letort Papers
Letort papers.
Contents Summary -- Introduction -- Case study : Iraq 2008-09 -- The Army's campaign of learning -- The Army's adaptive challenge -- Real leadership -- The real work ahead
Summary Introduction -- Case study : Iraq 2008-09 -- The Army's campaign of learning -- The Army's adaptive challenge -- Real leadership -- The real work ahead
This monograph begins with a case study that provides a means for analyzing the complexity of organizational leadership in the contemporary security environment. As such, it presents a high stakes problem-set that required an operational adaptation by a cavalry squadron conducting combat operations in Baghdad. This problematic reality triggered the struggle to find a creative response to a very deadly problem, while cultural norms served as barriers that prevented the rejection of previously accepted solutions that had proven successful in the past, even though those successful solutions no longer fit in the context of the reality of the present. The case study highlights leaders who were constrained by deeply-held assumptions that inhibited their ability to adapt quickly to a changed environment. The case study then moves on to provide an example of a successful application of adaptive leadership and adaptive work that was performed by the organization after a period of reflection and the willingness to experiment and assume risk. The case study serves as a microcosm of the challenges facing the U.S. Army, and the corresponding leadership framework presented in this monograph can be used as a model for the Army as it attempts to move forward in its effort to make adaptation an institutional imperative. The paper presents a more holistic approach to leadership where the leader transcends that of simply being an authority figure and becomes a real leader who provides a safe and creative learning environment where the organization can tackle and solve adaptive challenges. The paper concludes by recommending that U.S. Army leaders apply Harvard Professor Dean Williams's theory to the challenges confronting the Army's leader development process thereby fostering a culture of adaptive leaders
Notes Title from title screen (viewed Dec. 21, 2010)
"December 2011."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject United States. Army -- Leadership
United States. Army -- Attitudes
United States. Army -- Officers.
United States. Army -- Management.
SUBJECT United States. Army fast
Subject Command of troops -- Decision making
Organizational behavior -- Armed Forces -- United States
Leadership.
Adaptability (Psychology)
Leadership
Adaptation, Psychological
Armed Forces -- Attitudes
Armed Forces -- Management
Armed Forces -- Officers
Command of troops -- Decision making
Ledarskap.
Militärt ledarskap.
Väpnade styrkor -- Förenta staterna.
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
ISBN 1584875178
9781584875178