“INTRODUCTION TO MILITARY LEADRDESHIP”

LECTURER:LT KOL UNGKU AZLY BIN UNGKU ZAHAR - FPPPNATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY of MALAYSIA

Sungai Besi Camp, 57000 Kuala Lumpur

Semester 2 2012/2013

“I SHALL RETURN”

MILITARY LEADERSHIP

Gen Douglas Macarthur

SCOPE

INTRODUCTION.

MILITARY LEADRESHIP – A LEADER & A MANAGER.

MILITARY LEADERSHIP CONCEPT.

PROCESS OF EFFECTIVE MILITARY LEADER.

MILITARY LEADERSHIP QUALITIES.

HUMAN & MOTIVATION.

CONCLUSION.

LEADER MANAGER

MILITARY LEADERSHIP

(COMMANDER)

THE AUTHORITY A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES LAWFULLY EXERTS

OVER SUBORDINATES BY VIRTUE OF HIS RANK OR ASSIGNMENT.

COMMAND

LEADER

A PERSON WHO INFLUENCES AND DIRECTS OTHERS.

MANAGEMENT

THE PROCESS WHEREBY THE RESOURCES OF MEN, MONEY,

MATERIAL AND FACILITIES ARE UTILIZED TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSIONS AND TASKS OF THE

ORGANISATION. THE FUNCTION OF MANAGEMENT ARE PLANNING, ORGANIZING, DIRECTING, CO-

ORDINATING AND CONTROLLING.

MILITARY LEADERSHIP

THE ART OF INFLUENCING AND DIRECTING MAN IN SUCH A WAY AS TO

OBTAIN THEIR WILLING OBEDIENCE, CONFIDENCE, RESPECT AND LOYAL

COOPERATION IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION.

LIDDELL HART

.

IN WAR THE CHIEF INCALCULABLE IS THE

HUMAN WILL

LEADERSHIP TRAITS

PERSONAL QUALITIES OF DIRECT VALUE TO THE LEADER IN GAINING THE

WILLING OBEDIENCE, RESPECT AND LOYAL COOPERATION OF HIS MEN IN

ACCOMPLISHING HIS MISSION.

LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES

FUNDAMENTAL GUIDELINES FOR THE SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE ACTIONS AND ORDER IN THE PROPER EXERCISE

OF COMMAND.

“The ability to keep a cool head in an emergency, maintain poise in

the midst of excitement and refuse to be stampeded are true marks of

leadership”

- R.SHAHNON -

FIVE DISTINCT ASPECT OF AN EFFECTIVE LEADER

Provide direction

Team building

Develop commitment

Sets example

Being accepted

LEADERSHIP CONCEPT

QUALITIES CONCEPT - THOSE ASPECTS OF CHARACTER

SITUATIONAL CONCEPT – INDIVIDUAL BEST EQUIPPED WITH THE SKILLS TO DEAL WITH

PARTICULAR SITUATION

FUNCTIONAL CONCEPT – RECOGNISES THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE LEADER, THE GROUP

AND THE SITUATION

LEADER Vs MANAGER Innovates Administer

Original Copy

Develops Maintains

Focuses on People Focuses on System

Inspires Trust Relies on Control

Long Range Perspective Short Range View

Asks What/why Asks How/when

Eyes on Horizon Eyes on Bottom Line

Originates Imitates

Challenges It Accepts Status Quo

His Own Person Classic Good Soldier

Does the Right Things Does good soldier

Sits in his office Play GOLF

PROCESS OF EFFECTIVE LEADER CREATING A VISION OF SOME FUTURE

DESIRED STATE – BY ASSESSING WHERE YOU ARE, AND ENVISIONING WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.

CREATING A DECISION ON SOME STRATEGY FOR ACCOMPLISHING THAT DESIRED STATE – BY FORMULATING THE DECISION PROBLEM, AND DECIDING BETWEEN THE ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES.

CREATING ACTION FOR PUTTING THAT STRATEGY INTO EFFECT – BY COMMUNICATING THE CHOSEN STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGY BY EMPOWERING YOUR FOLLOWERS.

“Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is, treat a man as he can and should be, and he will become as he can and should be”

- Goethe -

LEADERSHIP TRAITS LOYALTY. COURAGE. WILL POWER. PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE. INITIATIVE. JUDGEMENT. INTEGRITY. SELF CONFIDENCE. ENTHUSIUM. ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE COMPETENCE. LOOKING FORWARD. ENDURANCE. EMPATHY.

1. Integrity value we place in

2. Maturity courage and consideration

3. Abundance deep sense of Mentality personal worth

and security

Tries to please everybody eventually

become nothing to everyone.

being competitive rather than cooperative.

Methods of manipulations

threats fear bribery pressure deceit charms us

Achieving the ends state.

ACT

Analyze your situation Choose the best strategy Track your choice.

AWARENESS AND MANAGING

HUMAN STRUCTURE

SELFSPRITUAL

SELFPHYSICAL

SELFMENTAL

SELFEMOTIONS

SELF AWARENESS

Knowing one’s internal states

Preferences Resources Intuitions

Emotional Self-awareness – Recognizing one’s emotions and their effects.

Accurate Self-awareness – Knowing one’s strengths and limits.

Self-confidence – Sureness about one’s self-worth and capabilities.

TIPS TO INCREASE SELF AWARENESS

Examine how you make appraisal

Tune in to your senses

Get in touch with your feeling

Learn what your intentions are

Pay attention to your actions

SELF MANAGEMENT

Managing one’s internal states, impulses and resources.

Self-control: Managing disruptive emotions and impulses.

Conscientiousness and integrity: taking responsibility.

Adaptability: Flexibility in handling change.

Initiative and innovation: Readiness to act on opportunities and openness to new ideas.

Achievement Drive: Striving to improve or meet a standard of excellence.

SOCIAL AWARENESS

Awareness: Other’s feeling, needs and concerns.

Empathy: Sensing other’s feeling and perspective.

Service Orientation: Anticipate, recognize and meet customers needs.

Developing others: Sensing what others need to develop.

Political Awareness: Understand group emotional and power relationship.

UNDERSTANDING OTHERS

What is the person’s feeling?

Will his feelings effect his thinking?

Will his feelings effect his behavior

Will his emotions hamper his ability to be rational?

List the emotions he is feeling

DEVELOP ABILITY TO USE EMOTIONS

Understand how feelings effects thinking.

Happy.

Fear.

Surprise.

Sadness.

Anger.

FEAR of UNCERTAINITY

False

Emotions

Appearing

Real

SOCIAL MANAGEMENT

Adaptability to Organisational environment.

Leadership: Inspires and guiding Other, influence, effective persuasion.

Comms: Clear and convincing msg.

Change Catalyst: Initiate and manage change.

Conflict Environment: Negotiating disagreements.

Collaboration and building bonds: coop with others and strengthening relationship.

Team capabilities: Create gp synergy in pursuing collective goals.

NO ONE IS RICH ENOUGH TO DO WITHOUT A NEIGHBOUR

- DANISH PROVERB -

“Those who possess the rare skill to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way are at an advantage in any domain in life”

ARISTOTLE

RESULT OF LOOSE TEMPER

>< JEALOUSY.

>< ENVIOUS.

>< LUSTFUL.

>< SLOTHFUL.

WAYS TO SPARK MORALE

Encourage soldiers to grow.

Hear their speeches.

Be consistent.

Communicate skillfully

Reward & recognize

Build relationship constantly.

1. Be proactive.

2. Begin with an end in mind.

3. Put first thing first.

Primary human Endowment.

(Private Victory)

SEVEN HABIT OF UNIQUE HUMAN ENDOWMENTS

4. Thinking win-win.

5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

6. Synergise.

Secondary endowment

(Public Victory)

7. Sharpen the saw – Self renewal.

Being competitive rather than cooperative.

Methods of manipulations

threats fear bribery pressure deceit charms us

Achieving the ends state.

A MILITARY LEADER IS CALL A

COMMANDER

THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP

A COMMANDER MUST BE A LEADER.

A COMMANDER MUST BE ROBUST.

A COMMANDER MUST HAVE THE MORAL COURAGE AND RESOLUTION.

BOLDNESS AND A HEALTHY SENSE OF AGGRESSION.

A COMMANDER MUST BE A MASTER OF HIS PROFESSION.

IMAGINATION IS THE QUALITY WHICH DISTINGUISHES THE GOOD COMMANDER FROM THE MEDIOCRE.

JUDGEMENT IS COMMON-SENSE BUT REQUIRED OF A COMMANDER IN AN UNCOMMON DEGREE.

A COMMANDER MUST MAKE HIS DECISION IN SUFFICIENT TIME.

A COMMANDER SHOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF MIND.

LASTLY THE NEED FOR INTEGRITY, MORAL COURAGE, HONESTY AND LOYALTY.

THE POLITICAL OBJECT IS THE GOAL, WAR IS THE MEANS OF REACHING IT, AND THE MEANS CAN NEVER BE CONSIDERED IN ISOLATION FROM THEIR PURPOSE

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