Posted on Dec 8, 2013
When it comes to your leadership abilities, who influenced how you operate/think the most? Great leaders or awful leaders?
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We all pick up bits and pieces of how to be a leader from our vast experiences and prior leadership. I personally learned how to do things right more effectively from poor leadership; in other words, I will make sure to never do the things that person is doing. How do you feel about it and who has influenced you the most over the years?
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While I have never had terrible leadership, I think both have influenced me. I have certainly tried to learn from other peoples mistakes since I am unable to make them all myself :). Whether the leadership is good or bad, you can take lessons from it.
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"All Soldiers are entitled to outstanding leadership; I will provide that leadership."
I was fortunate not to have direct awful leadership, but I saw many leaders that seemed to care more about their careers than their Soldiers (again, not my direct leadership). This made me want to help more and more Soldiers.
This was the basis for me creating ArmyReenlistment.com. I can help as many Soldiers (and their families) that want to be helped.
I was fortunate not to have direct awful leadership, but I saw many leaders that seemed to care more about their careers than their Soldiers (again, not my direct leadership). This made me want to help more and more Soldiers.
This was the basis for me creating ArmyReenlistment.com. I can help as many Soldiers (and their families) that want to be helped.
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Lt Col Luis A. Rojas
Very good point, I find that the worse thing a leader can do is to just focus on their career and forget about their troops. I learned early on in my career that the troops are who make or break a leader's career. I always say, take care of your troops and they will take care of you. This approach has always helped me.
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I think I learned more from the bad ones just because there were more of them. They were, for the most part, good men. They were just leaders who demotivated me in every way thru hypocrisy, intimidation, and arrogance. Their disinterest in their Soldiers also did the unit no favors. I've tried to let NCOs lead, not micromanage, take care of Soldiers, stand up for them and empower their success. So when my Soldiers are learning from my mistakes, they will not be the same ones.
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i would like to clarify that most of my leaders were not bad. But when I think of who i learned what I didn't want to be I think of the bad ones.
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