Posted on Jun 12, 2015
Is leading Millennials different than the way us 'old' folks know how to lead?
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My nephew, a young Sergeant in the Signal Corps, posted a article about leading millennial Soldiers. The Article goes to the heart of what the US Army Warrant Officer Career College tries to convey during its leadership, communications, and culture classes.
The way we have always done things, may not be adequate in today's situation and circumstance. Leading is not forcing the round peg through the square hole. This problem is being mitigated with philosophies like Mission Command--where it is not longer adequate for leaders to tell subordinate leaders and organizations what to do--but get them to think about the objectives and the intent like the commander (shared understanding) so the subordinate is empowered to achieve the desired end state.
Also, the article hints about starting with Why. One of my personal favorite leadership talks is from Simon Sinek, "how great leaders inspire." Now obviously, everything is situation dependent; not all leadership techniques work on all individual at all times. It comes down to knowing your junior leaders and building trust and accountability.
What do you think?
https://medium.com/@tayhadden/dealing-with-millennial-soldiers-d8068a43a909
http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en
The way we have always done things, may not be adequate in today's situation and circumstance. Leading is not forcing the round peg through the square hole. This problem is being mitigated with philosophies like Mission Command--where it is not longer adequate for leaders to tell subordinate leaders and organizations what to do--but get them to think about the objectives and the intent like the commander (shared understanding) so the subordinate is empowered to achieve the desired end state.
Also, the article hints about starting with Why. One of my personal favorite leadership talks is from Simon Sinek, "how great leaders inspire." Now obviously, everything is situation dependent; not all leadership techniques work on all individual at all times. It comes down to knowing your junior leaders and building trust and accountability.
What do you think?
https://medium.com/@tayhadden/dealing-with-millennial-soldiers-d8068a43a909
http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en
Philosophy
Discipline
Leadership
Millennials
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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The goal is to get the individual to operate from intrinsic motivation not extrinsic motivation....the tactic will vary by individual, leaders must remain flexible and adapt.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The goal is to get the individual to operate from intrinsic motivation not extrinsic motivation....the tactic will vary by individual, leaders must remain flexible and adapt.
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SSG Thomas Brousseau
Agreed. The goal is to motivate your subordinates to do the right thing even when nobody is watching.
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In the old days soldiers and conscripts will ignorant, illiterate and undisciplined. In the last 20 years we've seen smarter more tech savvy troops coming up. We don't have a draft and we need to spend a lot of money to train our warrior technicians so they can effectively operate our increasingly complicated equipment. They have to "buy in" to remain in the military or they can shop their training down the street in a heartbeat. This means you have to motivate and respect the troops and not simply grind them down and beat them to death. We need senior leaders who understand this. We don't need dinosaurs harkening back to the old days of SAC and MAC-V, we need intelligent warriors, operators and managers who can work with this new, intelligent breed of warrior.
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