Leader Up

A completely new form of warfare is upon us. Currently, great power competition exists in physical battle space. But who is conceptualizing and addressing great power competition in virtual battle space? In this episode of Leader Up, we meet with Army Management Staff College Director, Mr. Steve Banach to discuss winning wars and educating a Hybrid Army, to effectively conduct Multi-Domain Operations, by moving beyond legacy physical war theory and embracing revolutionary virtual warfare theories.

David Howey meets with Mr. Chuck Schrankel, Mission Command Division Chief, U.S. Army Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, to discuss the popular topic of mission command and how it is addressed in the July 2019 update of Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 6-0 “Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces.”

David Howey discusses recent updates to Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 6-22, "Army Leadership and the Profession," with LTC Greta Railsback and Ms. Judith Price from the Center for the Army Profession and Leadership (CAPL).

David Howey and Larry Wilson discuss the topic of followership to include what it is, why it's important, and how it relates to Army doctrine and the process of leadership.

James Cameron and John Kotzman discuss the tenets of learning organizations. Learning organizations facilitate the learning of its members and continuously transform themselves. The concept was coined through the work and research of Peter Senge and his colleagues. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, and The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization, describe five disciplines that must be mastered when introducing learning into an organization: -Personal Mastery - begins "by becoming committed to lifelong learning," and is the spiritual cornerstone of a learning organization. Personal Mastery involves being more realistic, focusing on becoming the best person possible, and striving for a sense of commitment and excitement in our careers to facilitate the realization of potential (Senge 1990,11). -Mental Models - must be managed because they do prevent new powerful insights and organizational practices from becoming implemented. The process begins with self-reflection; unearthing deeply held belief structures and generalizations, and understanding how they dramatically influence the way we operate in our own lives. Until there is realization and a focus on openness, real change can never take place (Senge 1990,12). -Building Shared Visions - visions cannot be dictated because they always begin with the personal visions of individual employees, who may not agree with the leader's vision. What is needed is a genuine vision that elicits commitment in good times and bad, and has the power to bind an organization together. As Peter Senge contends, "[building shared vision fosters a commitment to the long term" (Senge 1990,12). -Team Learning - is important because modern organizations operate on the basis of teamwork, which means that organizations cannot learn if team members do not come together and learn. It is a process of developing the ability to create desired results; to have a goal in mind and work together to attain it (Senge 1990,13). -Systems Thinking - the ability to see the big picture, and to distinguish patterns instead of conceptualizing change as isolated events. Systems thinking needs the other four disciplines to enable a learning organization to be realized. There must be a paradigm shift - from being unconnected to interconnected to the whole, and from blaming our problems on something external to a realization that how we operate, our actions, can create problems (Senge 1990,10).

James Cameron and Dr. Larry Wilson discuss Full Range Leadership. The full range model of leadership was developed by prominent leadership researchers Bernard Bass and Bruce Avolio in the 80’s and 90’s and has been the subject of extensive research ever since. This episode focuses specifically on: Transformational Leadership, Authentic Leadership, and Servant Leadership.

Tony Bohn and John Kloeker discuss the theories of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and how this concept better determines one's success more than IQ. Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional Intelligence Theory, Emotional Intelligence – Why it can matter more than IQ Bradberry T & Greaves J. (2009). Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Howard Gardner's Frames of Mind (1983) The Theory of Multiple Intelligences introduced the idea that traditional types of intelligence, such as IQ, fail to fully explain cognitive ability.

James Cameron and Larry Wilson discuss Full Range Leadership. The full range model of leadership was developed by prominent leadership researchers Bernard Bass and Bruce Avolio in the 80’s and 90’s and has been the subject of extensive research ever since. This episode focuses specifically on: Transactional Leadership, Contingent Reward, Management by Exception, Contingent/Situational Leadership, Path-Goal, and Leader-Member Exchange (LMX)

LTC CM Dyer and James Cameron discuss the building consensus. Consensus is a cooperative process in which all group members develop and agree to support a decision that is in the best interest of the whole.

Dustin Ashton and James Cameron discuss the basics of Army Design Methodology (ATP 5-0.1). Army design methodology (ADM) is a methodology for applying critical and creative thinking to understand, visualize, and describe unfamiliar problems and approaches to solving them (ADP 5-0). ADM includes interconnected thinking activities that aid in conceptual planning and decision making.

Dr. Helen Albertson and James Cameron discuss the multigenerational workforce.

James Cameron and Larry Wilson discuss Full Range Leadership. The full range model of leadership was developed by prominent leadership researchers Bernard Bass and Bruce Avolio in the 80’s and 90’s and has been the subject of extensive research ever since. This episode focuses specifically on: Characteristic-based Trait and Attribute Approaches, Five Factor Model (Big 5), and Competency and Behavioral Leadership Approaches.

James Cameron and David Quisenberry discuss the elements of successful leadership development programs.

James Cameron and Larry Wilson discuss Full Range Leadership. The full range model of leadership was developed by prominent leadership researchers Bernard Bass and Bruce Avolio in the 80’s and 90’s and has been the subject of extensive research ever since.

David Howey discusses Mission Command with ADP 6-0 contributing author Mike Flynn. What is Mission Command... a philosophy? ...a warfighting function? ...a system? How is this different from Command and Control? How have historical figures such as Helmuth von Moltke contributed to this philosophy?

James Cameron and David Howey discuss the roles of the Action Officer and the updates to the new Action Officer Development Course. For questions, suggestions, or feedback, write us at [email protected] No DoD or U.S. ARMY ENDORSEMENT IMPLIED. Any references to commercially available products or works are used for research and educational purposes only. Mention of any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the US Army, Department of Defense, or the United States Government. The views and opinions of the authors expressed herein do not state or reflect those of the United States Government and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. The mention of companies by name is solely for the purpose of representing educational framework and should not be implied as endorsement. Music: "Army Strong" written by Mark Isham, arranged by Hector Munoz.

James Cameron and John Kotzman discuss the elements of critical thinking.

James Cameron and John Kotzman continue their discussion on the elements of critical thinking.

David Howey and James Cameron discuss the theory around MBTI® and address the intent and limitations of the instrument.

David Howey and James Cameron discuss the preference dichotomies and their possible leadership implications from the MBTI® instrument.

David Howey, Chuck Eberth, and Mark Bartholf discuss the Multi-Source Assessment and Feedback (MSAF) Program. Leader 360: https://msaf.army.mil

James Cameron and Jeff Irvine discuss the self-development domain and the content process model.

James Cameron and Jeff Irvine discuss the outcomes of the Basic Course, along with the Learning Style Inventory (LSI) and the Thomas Kilmann Instrument.

In this episode, Ken Riggins and Kevin Brown discuss what it means to be a member of a profession. Reference: ADRP 1

James Cameron and David Howey discuss the mission of the Army Management Staff College (AMSC) and the intent of the podcast.