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Rack AL – Executive Leadership
Aisle A — Professional Development
Library: Main Page — Professional Development (A) — Defense Enterprise (E) — Force Structure (F) — Modernization (M) — Personnel (P) — Readiness (R) — Special Enterprises (S) — Resource Management (X) — References (Z)
Professional Development (A): Foundational Skills (AA) — Decision Support (AD) — Executive Leadership (AL) — Management Science (AM) — Organizational Design (AO) — Public Administration (AP) — Statistics & Data Literacy (AS)
Disclaimer: The inclusion of resources here is for informational, historical, and research purposes only and is provided as a service for US Army War College faculty, students, and graduates to support their educational and professional requirements. These may include outdated or superseded materials. The inclusion of these materials does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. Army, or Department of Defense.
The executive leadership rack provides resources for the development of key skills and basic knowledge about leadership in a defense enterprise context, including enterprise leadership identity, executive communication skills, and role transition. This rack will eventually contain skill development tools and activities appropriate for all leaders. Below are the available resources:
Currently, this shelf is a repository for executive leadership skill and competency development of relevance to defense managers (and strategic leaders more broadly). These are presently unsorted.
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Faculty Publications:
- None.
Laws, Policies, Memos, and Regulations (sorted by regulation number):
- Army Doctrine Publication 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession, 2019, https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN20039-ADP_6-22-001-WEB-5.pdf
Strategies and Reports:
- None.
Commentaries, Divided by Topic (inclusion does not represent endorsement):
- Forsythe, George B. “The Preparation of Strategic Leaders,” Parameters 22, no. 1 (Spring 1992): 38-49, https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol22/iss1/12/
- Self-Awareness:
- Eurich, Tasha. “What Self-Awareness Really Is (And How to Cultivate It),” Harvard Business Review, January 4, 2018, https://hbr.org/2018/01/what-self-awareness-really-is-and-how-to-cultivate-it
- London, Manuel, Valerie I. Sessa, and Loren A. Shelley. “Developing Self-Awareness: Learning Process for Self- and Interpersonal Growth,” Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior 10 (2023), https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-120920-044531
- Professional Ethics & Stewardship:
- Buckingham, Clay T. “Ethics and the Senior Officer: Institutional Tensions,” Parameters 15, no. 3 (Autumn 1985): 23-32, https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol15/iss1/5/
- DeRemer, Lee E. “Leadership Between a Rock and a Hard Place,” Airpower Journal 10, no. 3 (Fall 1996): 87-94, https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA529803.pdf
- Lewis, C.S. “The Inner Ring” (Lecture, King’s College, University of London, England, 1944), http://www.lewissociety.org/innerring
- Miller, Christopher. “Yesterday at War with Tomorrow: Rebooting the Profession of Arms,” The Journal of Character & Leadership Development (Summer 2020): 106-111, https://jcldusafa.org/index.php/jcld/article/view/95/92 (note: may not be accessible from the enterprise system)
- Command & Organizational Climate / Team Building:
- Jones, Stephen M. Improving Accountability for Effective Command Climate: A Strategic Imperative (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, 2003), https://publications.armywarcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1555.pdf
- Leikvoll, Vanessa. “How to Build an Impactful Virtual Team,” Leaders, June 8, 2022, https://leaders.com/articles/leadership/virtual-team/
Title image credit: Marcus Rauchenberger, U.S. Army Europe, public domain.
Professional Development (A): Foundational Skills (AA) — Decision Support (AD) — Executive Leadership (AL) — Management Science (AM) — Organizational Design (AO) — Public Administration (AP) — Statistics & Data Literacy (AS)
Library: Main Page — Professional Development (A) — Defense Enterprise (E) — Force Structure (F) — Modernization (M) — Personnel (P) — Readiness (R) — Special Enterprises (S) — Resource Management (X) — References (Z)