It is only by addressing the challenge at multiple levels, including the system level, that we can build a force with the needed psychological strength to withstand the varied stressors of current and future complex operations." [footnoteRef:2] [2: Paul Bartone et al. "To Build Resilience: Leader Influence on Mental Hardiness. Defense Horizons, November 2009, 69.] Understanding others in an empathetic manner will no doubt serve a military leader well in dangerous times. A third model of military leadership suggests that a flexible level of empathy can signify the success of a leader within the military. The U.S. Army War College published an important model that suggests this approach. The suggestion stated "This paper argues that the U.S. Army should continue its bold initiatives in its current...

It should develop creative leaders who can exercise adaptive leadership with the capacity to provide learning environments within their organizations."[footnoteRef:3] [3: U.S. Army War College. "The Letort Papers," December, 2011. ]
A general approach to people and how they behave will be useful in this model for military leadership to adopt and eventually begin to utilize to their advantage.

References

Bartone, P. et al. (2009). To Build Resilience: Leader Influence on Mental Hardiness. Defense Horizons, November 2009, 69.

The U.S. Army War College. "The Letort Papers." Edited by John B. Richardson, December 2011.

The U.S. Department of the Army. Field Manual 6-22 Army Leadership. October…