Is there a breakdown in leadership?

2015-07-28T02:30:36-04:00

So recently I have noticed that some of our senior leadership has lost respect for the people under them. How does this happen and how do you bring it up so that it can be fixed.

example- A E8 stood before our squadron and told us that he saw three reasons for people joining HIS service and if you joined for the first two you can just get out because you will not last.

Now I am told that this is the second time that he has made this speech. Now I know that this is one person but I have a few other examples, so it is not just him. I have seen three people in senior leadership that insult us and then turn around and say what a great job we are doing. So what is a good way to start trying to fix this?

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Jul 28 at 2015 2:35 AM

2015-07-28T02:35:22-04:00

Simple. Earn their respect.

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Jul 28 at 2015 2:36 AM

2015-07-28T02:36:36-04:00

That sounds like SELFISH Leadership, not SELFLESS Leadership.

One of the things we have to remember is that we belong to our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsman, they do not belong to us, we are theirs!

When we get back to that style of leadership, where we are held accountable to our people, where we enforce standards upon ourselves instead of just holding the junior enlisted to the standards and crushing them when they make a very minor mistake, we will then get back to the basic principles of taking care of our people, of leading by example, of genuinely caring for our people, which we are expected AND entrusted to do! Your people want to be held to standards, but by someone that cares and someone that meets the standards as well.

Response by Cpl Jeff N. made Jul 28 at 2015 4:38 PM

2015-07-28T16:38:07-04:00

What did he say the reasons were for joining that would make you not last? If those reasons were to party all night at the clubs or some other lame activity he might be right. It was not uncommon to hear senior enlisted folks refer to the Marine Corps as "their Corps". They had spent a lot of time in it and they were not going to let a bunch of young jacklegs come along and screw it up.

You might be too sensitive for your own good.

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Jul 28 at 2015 9:17 PM

2015-07-28T21:17:50-04:00

It's the political nature of today's military