Personal Leadership Philosophy

This article discusses the personal leadership philosophy for military leaders, emphasizing on the transformational leadership traits and styles. It also highlights the importance of honesty, dedication, commitment, and respect in the military domain.

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My personal leadership philosophy has been developed depending on the
requirements of the domain of leadership I serve. Military is one of the occupations in
which the team spirit as well as the discipline are two of the most vital factors for the
success of a mission. Again, this domain encounters several challenges, which involve
life-risks. Hence, transformation in strategies and incorporation of several changes in
the work procedure are essential for the military leaders. In other words, military leaders
need to be disciplined yet dynamic. Hence, before formulating my leadership
philosophy, I emphasized on the fact that the leadership philosophy should focus on the
progressive, sophisticated leadership style, that in turn support incorporation of
structural changes as well as costly trainings which can empower military commanders
the most (Antonakis & Robert, 2013).
My personal leadership philosophy is to encourage as well as inspire the team of
soldiers to learn to welcome necessary changes, and help the team to become prudent
and innovative, at the time of formulating war strategies. Hence, it can be said that my
leadership philosophy has been developed depending on the transformational
leadership traits and styles (Army, 2013).
• In my personal leadership philosophy, I emphasized on personal values like
honesty. A military person needs to be hones to himself and to the team as well as the
whole nation he is aimed to serve. This is the reason why I adopted the principles of
honesty and dedication to formulate my personal leadership philosophy (Sharma & Jain,
2013). Hence, my personal leadership philosophy strictly protests against the adoption
of unfair means and corruption. In the principles of my personal leadership philosophy, I
emphasized on trainings to educate my subordinates about the negative consequences

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of corruption and how corruption within the army of a country could destroy the whole
nation (Army, 2013).
In my personal leadership philosophy, I have incorporated the trainings that enlighten
the team, I am leading, about the values of commitment and respect to a soldier. In this
context I elaborated to the real-life situations that, may occur during the war. During
war, they may encounter situations in which they need to be committed to the
countrymen and at the same time, they need to save their peers, who are injured. With
the help of my personal leadership philosophy I have attempted to convey them tricks
that will help them to be committed to the nation and fulfill their responsibilities to their
peers at the same time (Weisband, Ed.2013).
In my personal leadership philosophy, I have formulated consecutive plans to
transform the soldiers I am leading, into more efficient and prudent saviors. Firstly, I
prioritized becoming friendly to the team during induction, provide them necessary
trainings regarding removal of corruption, fulfilling commitments to the nation as well as
to their peers. Secondly, I prioritized on encouraging them to be physically fit and learn
all the tactics, and apply their prudency and innovative thinking while formulating
strategies and discuss their innovative ideas with me freely (Army, 2013).
In the conclusion, it can be said that, as the method of evaluation I emphasized
on assessments and interviews, in which they will be provided hypothetical challenges
and their task will be to generate ideas to overcome hypothetical challenges given to
them. I also assure the team that they can expect my assistance and guidance always.

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References
Army, U. S. (2013). Preparing and Managing Correspondence.

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