Posted on Mar 26, 2017
#Reviewing Military Leadership Lessons for Public Service
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Very interesting book review article - and it looks like a good book to read!
"While both military and civilian leaders will find value in Szypszak’s book, it provides an understanding of the military’s approach to leader development that should be especially interesting for those in public service and unfamiliar with how the armed forces teach leadership. Importantly, Szypszak notes how the military’s reliance on core values, such as honor and respect, allows its members to avoid “getting lost in a relativistic fog,” as can often occur in public service scholarship where vague aphorisms like “everyone is a leader” or “lead from behind” abound."
"While both military and civilian leaders will find value in Szypszak’s book, it provides an understanding of the military’s approach to leader development that should be especially interesting for those in public service and unfamiliar with how the armed forces teach leadership. Importantly, Szypszak notes how the military’s reliance on core values, such as honor and respect, allows its members to avoid “getting lost in a relativistic fog,” as can often occur in public service scholarship where vague aphorisms like “everyone is a leader” or “lead from behind” abound."
#Reviewing Military Leadership Lessons for Public Service
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Leadership
Leadership Development
Senior Leaders
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Interesting article, I plan to pick up the book. I started a similar discussion with my Police Department when I took a class on "Leadership" that had nothing to do with policing or leadership for that matter... I put together a class that we teach to our new Field Training Officers. I found that the hardest part was convincing the non military veteran officers that this was not a class on how the military does it, but how to take our hard fought lessons learned and apply them to modern policing. So far I have gotten mostly positive responses...
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Would a good Civilian boss observe if a new man hired from the outside or a different division, leads from the front or the rear. Does that person get in there and shows how they want it done and follows up to see how the work is moving along and lets them know they can come to them if there's s problem and they can work together to fix it, or do they just say this is what I want and goes off and sits in their cubicle or office and waits for the finished project.. I suppose some could do that, I think they will just figure on just so many mistakes be made.. an allowable percentage....
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