My Top 5 Lessons from the Army Pre Command Course
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- I spent two weeks at the Army Pre Command Course at Fort Leavenworth, KS. We heard from Army senior leaders, and we studied how to lead large organizations. I had a great time at the course, and I learned a ton! Here are my top 5 lessons learned.
Found this gem! UA-cam finally got a recommended video right!
You were my brigade commander as a SSG. I’m a 1SG now and used this video today during company NCOPD. Why recreate the wheel, you covered it expertly!
Well done sir, I will borrow your top 5 and share that with my SNCO's.
I only watched 2 of your videos so far and I feel like I learned more from you in less than 10 min than I have in 8 years in the Army. All I ever wanted to do is promote positive change in every thing I do.
JAMES BATES Huah! Thanks for the shout out!
Yeah you aren’t kidding me two x2.
Fact
I really appreciate you sharing your lessons learned with your experience in failing forward.
Thank you 🙏
Im gonna be honest, I have worked for industry for 5 years now and I just got into Med school...I decided to apply for the Army as an officer. I believe the leadership attribute and philosophy of honor is above and beyond the politics of jobs where you are dispensable and sometimes not allowed to grow as a professional due to poor management. This is great!
Exceptional lessons! Brilliant.
Nice short video! I first learned these concepts from watching General Perkins discuss leadership. Great job at spreading doctrine sir!
You are amazing, gonna use this info and reform our defence force :D no jokes
Very good
Very well done and well communicated.
great job sure, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Monique Eddins Thanks, Monique!
Thank you for sharing Sir
Thanks for sharing Eric. We are sharing this with our CGSC students. Keep up the videos. I was impressed by Ready First 6 videos from his time in command. A great way to increase touch points with your troops and also those outside your command. Mac from ATT
Thanks, Mac! Great to hear from you, and I hope you and your family are doing well.
Thank you for the good lesson
Interesting. Might go watch this from the beginning to learn more.
LTC Lopez, great clip. I am completing my Masters in Strategic Studies at UTEP, and completing the Army Sergeant Major Course! - Hooyah! Keep the good stuff coming. SGM Tim Lawn
See you on the battlefield SGM!
Mission Command is a new term to me. How’s it defined and how does it contrast with other terms and concepts these days? Thank you!
Great video, Eric!
marc axelberg Thanks, Marc!
Point one used to be common practice across the Army. NCO led organizations could/can routinely outperform any other organization formula. PFCs and SPCs were routinely in charge of tasks now assigned to SSGs. The same goes all the way up the pipe. The more you push down authority, the more ownership is taken by the subordinate. By making it their task from start to finish, their desire to ensure success is exponentially greater. Great video Sir!
nathan hepfer Well said! The irony is that as the pace in the Army increases, the more we need to push authority down. However, it seems like the faster we move, the more I see leaders micromanaging. We have to fix this.
Lopez on Leadership ABSOLUTELY! Natural instincts want us to pull things close when the situation appears difficult or tests our trust in subordinates. We have to fight this instinct unless they have demonstrated a reason to withdraw our trust. That subordinate commander may very well be in the best place to make accurate and timely decisions. The added time delay between flash and bang of pulling authority up and then pushing assets down can be the difference between life and death, success or failure. That mindset starts in garrison and the opportunity to practice/train it lies in every activity going on throughout the organization.
As a Liaison Officer, I used to hear Honduran Army officers comment on how our Sergeants could do officer-level jobs and do them immensely well. I suspect that the US Army’s culture of powering down to the NCOs-if it’s not unique to the US Army-is possibly something very American in many ways. I think we struggled with this for a few years, but we eventually figured out how to turn great Army Sergeants loose to take care of the Commander’s Intent. A great example of this in a movie is Wardaddy Collier (Brad Pitt) and his Actions At The Objective in the last part of the movie “Fury."
What does “mission command” mean?
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