Posted on Apr 1, 2016
Army Surgeon General Shares Secrets to Successful Leadership
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Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen Nadja Y. West, the highest-ranking female graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, says respect is a key to successful leadership.
Good leadership, West said, includes treating others with dignity and fairness, carrying oneself with respect, and demonstrating resilience, adaptability and empathy.
"As a leader, you're really a servant, so you serve those who you lead," she said. "I think the attributes of any leader start with integrity."
West, who was among the first classes of women at West Point, is the Army's first black surgeon general, and the Army's first black female three-star general.
Good leadership, West said, includes treating others with dignity and fairness, carrying oneself with respect, and demonstrating resilience, adaptability and empathy.
"As a leader, you're really a servant, so you serve those who you lead," she said. "I think the attributes of any leader start with integrity."
West, who was among the first classes of women at West Point, is the Army's first black surgeon general, and the Army's first black female three-star general.
Army Surgeon General Shares Secrets to Successful Leadership
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Respect, Resiliency, adaptability and empathy, the Leader as Servant model. Integrity. Treating other with dignity and fairness. Nothing new here. So why is it that so many of those promoted to positions of Leadership and authority over others fail to demonstrate these qualities, and yet the big green machine (Army or Marine Corps) continues to promote to increasing levels of Responsibility, persons who's "people skills" or "leadership skills" do not match their level of responsibility and authority? Are these traits that the Surgeon General of the Army has highlighted are the most important traits that gets emphasized into Fitness reports, that makes the strongest impression on promotion boards?
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