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U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual

Author: Center for Army Leadership
CWL Publishing © 2004

A guide to leadership in the military, including the character, skills, and practices for providing leadership on various levels of an organization.

• Introduction
• Preface

1. The Army Leadership Framework
   • Leadership Defined
   • Be, Know, Do
   • Levels of Leadership
   • Leaders of Leaders
   • Leadership and Command
   • Subordinates
2. The Leader and Leadership
   • BE: Character
     • Loyalty
     • Duty
     • Respect
     • Service
     • Honor
     • Integrity
     • Courage
     • Mental Attributes
     • Physical Attributes
     • Emotional Attributes
   • KNOW: Competence
   • DO: Leadership
   • Summary
3. The Human Dimension
   • People, Teams, Institutions
   • Discipline
   • Morale
   • Taking Care of Soldiers
   • Stress of Combat
     • Will and Winning in Battle
     • Stress in Training
     • Stress of Change
   • Technology
   • The Changing Threat
   • Climate and Culture
     • Climate
     • Culture
   • Leadership Styles
     • Directing
     • Participating
     • Transformational
     • Transactional
   • Consequences
     • Intended Consequences
     • Unintended Consequences
4. Direct Leadership Skills
   • Interpersonal Skills
     • Communicating
     • Supervising
     • Counseling
   • Conceptual Skills
     • Critical Reasoning
     • Creative Thinking
     • Ethical Reasoning
     • Reflective Thinking
   • Technical Skills
   • Tactical Skills
5. Direct Leadership Actions
   • Influencing Actions
     • Communicating
     • Decision Making
     • Motivating
     • Operating Actions
     • Planning and Preparing
     • Executing
     • Assessing
   • Improving Actions
     • Developing
     • Building
     • Learning
6. Organizational Leadership
   • Skills to Lead Organizations
     • Interpersonal Skills
     • Conceptual Skills
     • Technical Sills
     • Tactical Skills
   • Actions to Lead Organizations
     • Influencing
     • Operating
     • Improving
7. Strategic Leadership
   • Strategic Leadership Skills
     • Interpersonal
     • Conceptual
     • Technical
     • Tactical
   • Strategic Leadership Actions
     • Influencing
     • Operating
     • Improving

1. Performance Indicators
2. Character Development
   • Teaching Values
   • Reinforcing Values
   • Internalizing Values