Monday, December 6, 2010

Assignment 5

An example of when COL. Moore illustrates his transformational leadership skills is when he had put himself in harm’s way in order to collect the corpses of his fallen soldiers, despite the fact that he could have had a subordinate do it instead of risking himself. This portrayed and reinforced his loyalty to his word even under the most difficult situations. The first PL, Rick Rescorla, exemplified behavioral leadership by making his men back up in order to make it more difficult for the enemies’ avenues of approach. Furthermore, to add to this, it is blatant to see that he learned his leadership traits through his previous experiences, an example being Cyprus.  He also exemplifies good transactional leadership when he  gives his men a contingency plan to fall back on in case the approaching enemy was to penetrate through their line of defense. Also, CPT Herren stated that Doctor Lose the medic showed amazing transformational leadership in spite of his actions portrayed on the battlefield, these actions pertaining specifically to his ability to ensure that the wounded soldiers he was treating remained stable and alive.  This shows not only the presence of essential leadership throughout all ranks of the army, but the importance of it as well.

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