As leaders, what do you think is more important: Competence or Character

I believe character is much more important. if someone doesn't have character, there is no place at all for any organization. If they don't have competence, they can be taught and it is something that can be learned. Character cannot. If they have the right character, everything will follow suit!

Character, competence can be developed over time and with the correct training. Character can be developed too but is much harder and sometimes never occurs. If your soldier has good character, the army values are already instilled and the soldier can become great.

This is a very interesting question.  Strength of character is very important in both subordinates and in leaders.  I value strength of character in my subordinates more than I do competence.  My reasoning is that if I give a task to a subordinate, I would expect that if they get stuck, or run into obstacles, strength of character would bring them back to ask for additional guidance or assistance.  From those experiences, they would gain competence.  From my leaders, I expect strength of character and competence.  I expect sound guidance and I also expect them to stand by their words.