What is the Art of Leadership
Mission command is defined in the Army Doctrine Publication 6-0 as “the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander's intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations” (McBride & Snell, 2017). The philosophy and concepts of mission command can be found in the six guiding principles of mission command, which are: 1) using mutual trust to build a cohesive team, 2) creating a sense of shared understanding, 3) being clear about what the commander’s intent is, 4) exercising an initiative that is disciplined, 5) using mission orders, and 6) accepting prudent risk (Hutchings, 2018). Thus, one can see that the most important concepts in the philosophy of mission command are trust, communication, understanding, discipline, guidance and prudence. This paper will show how I plan to apply the philosophy and concepts of mission command in my future duty assignments following graduation from the SMC by always being mindful of and ready develop and use trust, communication, discipline and all the other core concepts of mission command to make my team effective and successful.
Teamwork
Teamwork is ultimately what is at the heart of mission command, which recognizes that every person is part of a larger team and that team part of a larger whole as well. Just like oil is used to make an engine operate smoothly, the elements of teamwork—trust, communication, understanding, support—all help to make the team run like a smoothly operating engine. That engine in turn helps to drive the rest of the organization, whatever it may be. One of the most important ways that I myself can apply the philosophy and concepts of mission command is to develop and implement my social and emotional skills, as these are like the cylinders that contain the pistons: they can be used to create the right sense of energy, urgency, stability, and camaraderie that needs to exist in a team (Fredrickson, 2001).
I have seen leaders come and go who lack all sense of social and emotional intelligence. They do not know how to communicate well with others, how to sense when something is wrong, how to pick up on the fact that a worker does not understand the orders and thus needs more explanation....
Introduction There is no assigned definition for mission command. This is to say that there are various definitions that have been floated in the past in an attempt to express this particular warfighting function. As a matter of fact, there are different definitions assigned to mission command under Army doctrine and the Joint Doctrine. In addition to highlighting what I learnt about mission command, this discussion will also assess how I
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Applying the Philosophy and Concepts of Mission Command in My Future Duty Assignments Following Graduation from the SMC Mission command is defined as “the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander’s intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations” (ADP Mission Command, 2012, p. 1). The philosophy of mission command is based on the
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