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114'O The Ro0Le Oe' The Strategic Leader: U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa 11013-5050
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vide a broad understanding of the strategic leadership dynamic to the unitiated and to
those who saie day may be operating within that arena.
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INTRODUCTION
the Army today is the ability to see Into the future ten to
those threats.
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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For this discussion, a strategic leader is defined as an
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influencing organizations to achieve results. 2 They do
importance.3
STRATEGIC VISION
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confusing in organization and lacks practical examples. DA
vision.
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some future point in time. 4 Put another way, vision is
shape It.
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This list of candidate characteristics points to general
subordinates.
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development, tactical and technical proficiency, use of
capacity.15
How does this skill occur? What are the factors that
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skills, values, temperament, and wisdom. 1 6 People vary in
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self-improvement are stressed because of the limits of time
day.
expanded their comfort zone and grew Into the position and
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and operate In an environment associated with higher rank
that role and not rank alone can determine who is operating
called upon.
are not.
attend the Army War College is not the time to begin the
Army as an institution.
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Today's centralized management policies have served us
RECOMMENDATIONS
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* Commence the presentation of strateg!c
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officers and the Army's future strategic leaders. Technical
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direction, to operate at full Individual capacity, and to ao
constraints.
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strategy, organization, deployment, and hardware. Our
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ENDNOTES
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18 For a detailed discussion of the leaders cited see:
Roger H. Nye, "Whence Patton's Military Genius?".
P.ar.meter_, Volume 21, Number 4, Winter 1991-92,
Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower: Volume i. Soldier.60-73;
General
of the Army. President-Elect. 1890-1952 (New York: Simon
Schuster, 1983), 307-390; Forrest C. Pogue, G and
Marshall: Education of a General. 1880-1939 (New York:
Viking Press, Inc., 1963).
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DA Pam 600-80, 3. Frames of reference are discussed
here as the means to structure and Interpret experiences.
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George B. Forsythe, "The Preparation of Strategic
Leaders," Pe, Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 1992,
42-44.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kahn, Herman with William Brown and Leon Martel. The Next
200 Years: A Scenario for America and the World. New
York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1976.
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US Department of the Army. Field Manual 22-100: Military
Ladrsip. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing
Office, 31 July 1990.
US Department of the Army. Field Manual 22-103:
Leadership
and Command at Senior Levels. Washington, D.C.: US
Government Printing Office, 21 June 1987.
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