Senior Warrant Officer: The Leadership Requirement Model
Facts. a. The attributes defined in the Leadership Requirement Model are Character, Presence, Intellect, Leads, Develops and Achieves. Though they are all important, to me the three that a Senior Warrant Officer must have are Presence, Intellect and Develops.
(1) Presence is defined as the impression a leader makes on others contributing to the success in getting people to follow. A Senior Warrant Officer must be confident in his or her decisions, even if it might be the wrong decision. If the wrong decision was made, how resilient the Senior Warrant Officer is an attribute of presence. I will share two examples of Senior Warrant Officers on how they dealt with a mistake and how their presences lead to two different outcomes.
The first example was when my unit …show more content…
convoyed from Joint Base Lewis-McChord to Yakima Training Center. The SSA Accountable Officer was the TC of a vehicle that took a wrong turn and arrived four hours after all other vehicles arrived to Yakima. He could have looked ashamed and embarrassed on his arrival, but after the Commander voiced his concerns regarding the situation the Warrant Officer was able to make light of the happened. He maintained a strong presence and looked confident in all his decisions during the rest of our time in Yakima and his subordinates followed him with every decision that was made.
The second example happened during a deployment where a Senior Warrant Officer decided to have relations with a female enlisted Soldier even though he was married. This decision caused him to lose the respect of his subordinates. When the relationship ended he could not regain their respect so he ordered items such as GPS and multitools through the Army system to give to them as gifts and try to buy back their respect instead of admitting to his mistake and taking ownership of his wrong decision. It didn’t work and he was eventually relieved.
As a Senior Warrant Officer it’s not only your business decisions that show their presence it’s also their personal decisions. The success of the mission has a direct relation with the presence of the leader and the decisions they make.
(2) Intellect is the ability of the mind to comprehend, using thought and reasoning for problem solving. There are four kinds of intellect, wisdom, character, social and spiritual. Intelligence is important for a Senior Warrant Officer, but not when it only encompasses one of these forms of intellect. For example, a Senior Warrant Officer can be intelligent, but awkward with relationships, lacking social intelligence. A Senior Warrant Officer who processes a combination of all four kinds of intellect will have a lasting impact on the unit’s mission and the development of future leaders.
WOAC-QM-920B-002-16
SUBJECT: Significance of a Senior Warrant
Wisdom intelligence is the understanding of the reality of people, events or situations, resulting in the ability to choose or act accordingly to produce the best results. Senior Warrant Officers that possess wisdom are able to discern what event is developing in front of them and make the decision based on their knowledge. It will reveal options that will navigate towards the right decision.
Character intelligence is developing ones moral excellence. Senior Warrant Officers who possess character adopted high principles of conduct early in their career. As they develop character intelligence Senior Warrant Officers begin to distinguish themselves from others. I believe that this type of intellect can be the hardest to develop because it takes the longest time to develop character.
Social intelligence is the ability to read others and approach them in a way to gain the best possible connection. People in the military have many different backgrounds and knowing where they come from will help develop social intelligence. Senior Warrant Officers that are successful develop ways to make connections. For some this quality was easy and for others it may force them to be more positive. Warrant Officers who possess strong social intelligence have an effect on how people feel when they are around that person.
The last type of intelligence is spiritual. Spiritual intelligence is the ability to sustain your relationship with God where it will have an influence in every decision you make. Senior Warrant Officers who possess spiritual intelligence have an edge that God’s favor will produce for them. It also influences other people to trust and cooperate with that Senior Warrant Officer.
(3) The third attribute that is important to being a Senior Warrant Officer is develops. ADRP 6-22 states that Developing people and the organization with a long-term perspective requires leaders who: create a positive environment, seek self-improvement, invest adequate time and effort to develop individual subordinates, and act as stewards of the profession.
Creating a positive environment means taking care of people to maximize their performed. Senior 920B Warrant Officers learn this early in their career working in the SSAs. Developing an environment in the warehouse that is positive and maximizes production should be the goal of every Accountable Officer. Getting this experience early will aid in the develops attribute of the Senior Warrant Officer so that as the responsibility increases so will the development of creating the positive environment.
Seeking self-improvement is to prepare for increasing more demanding operational environments. This means Senior Warrant Officers need to spend time outside of the duty day to improve their intellect and knowledge to make the best decisions. One way of improving intellect is to seek out education and training opportunities. Steps listed in ADRP to become a better learner are as follows: Plan the approach to use to learn, Focus on achievable learning goals, Set aside time to study, Organize new information as it is encountered, Track how learning is proceeding.
WOAC-QM-920B-002-16
SUBJECT: Significance of a Senior Warrant
I believe these are good steps to be a better learner and should have been used by the Senior Warrant Officer to develop one’s self and then taught to future leaders.
Investing adequate time and effort to develop subordinates will help individual and organizational performance.
The advantage that a Senior Warrant Officer has in developing subordinates is that they have learned from experience more than most leaders. Sharing the years of learning experience that a Senior Warrant Officer has with subordinates will take effort because sometimes the experiences that need to be shared are failures that Senior Warrant Officer have gone through. Though it might be the most difficult to talk about, it will probably be the most influential to the subordinates.
The final requirement of the develops attribute is to act as a steward of the profession. Described in ADRP 6-22, leaders serving as good stewards have concern for the lasting effects of their decisions and stewardship is about the development and support of members of the Army team. Senior Warrant Officers look at their years of experience and discover better ways of doing things. They are not afraid of making mistakes, instead they learn from them. Being a good steward means that the Senior Warrant Officer is going to leave the organization in a better position than it was when he or she
arrived.
I have the opportunity to serve for one year as a Maintenance Warrant Officer shortly after WOAC graduation. I will probably make some mistakes; however once I become a Senior Warrant Officer I will become a better steward because I will be more rounded in the profession and discover more ways to doing things because of my experience. The confidence that the Senior Warrant Officers display around the Army Logistics University (ALU) is ones that I would like to mirror as I encounter my next challenge.
WOAC has taught me more about the significance of being a Senior Warrant Officer. This might be because in the Army Reserve I don’t encounter very many Warrant Officers, which means I need to work even harder to act as a Senior Warrant Officer and become a steward of the profession. I didn’t think of it that much before attending, however there was a common theme at the ALU, whenever a Warrant Officer came to speak to the class. “You are about to become Seniors”, everyone would say it and the attributes I described in this paper were displayed by the way the Senior Warrant Officers spoke to our class.
(1) Presence is defined as the impression a leader makes on others contributing to the success in getting people to follow. A Senior Warrant Officer must be confident in his or her decisions, even if it might be the wrong decision. If the wrong decision was made, how resilient the Senior Warrant Officer is an attribute of presence. I will share two examples of Senior Warrant Officers on how they dealt with a mistake and how their presences lead to two different outcomes.
The first example was when my unit …show more content…
convoyed from Joint Base Lewis-McChord to Yakima Training Center. The SSA Accountable Officer was the TC of a vehicle that took a wrong turn and arrived four hours after all other vehicles arrived to Yakima. He could have looked ashamed and embarrassed on his arrival, but after the Commander voiced his concerns regarding the situation the Warrant Officer was able to make light of the happened. He maintained a strong presence and looked confident in all his decisions during the rest of our time in Yakima and his subordinates followed him with every decision that was made.
The second example happened during a deployment where a Senior Warrant Officer decided to have relations with a female enlisted Soldier even though he was married. This decision caused him to lose the respect of his subordinates. When the relationship ended he could not regain their respect so he ordered items such as GPS and multitools through the Army system to give to them as gifts and try to buy back their respect instead of admitting to his mistake and taking ownership of his wrong decision. It didn’t work and he was eventually relieved.
As a Senior Warrant Officer it’s not only your business decisions that show their presence it’s also their personal decisions. The success of the mission has a direct relation with the presence of the leader and the decisions they make.
(2) Intellect is the ability of the mind to comprehend, using thought and reasoning for problem solving. There are four kinds of intellect, wisdom, character, social and spiritual. Intelligence is important for a Senior Warrant Officer, but not when it only encompasses one of these forms of intellect. For example, a Senior Warrant Officer can be intelligent, but awkward with relationships, lacking social intelligence. A Senior Warrant Officer who processes a combination of all four kinds of intellect will have a lasting impact on the unit’s mission and the development of future leaders.
WOAC-QM-920B-002-16
SUBJECT: Significance of a Senior Warrant
Wisdom intelligence is the understanding of the reality of people, events or situations, resulting in the ability to choose or act accordingly to produce the best results. Senior Warrant Officers that possess wisdom are able to discern what event is developing in front of them and make the decision based on their knowledge. It will reveal options that will navigate towards the right decision.
Character intelligence is developing ones moral excellence. Senior Warrant Officers who possess character adopted high principles of conduct early in their career. As they develop character intelligence Senior Warrant Officers begin to distinguish themselves from others. I believe that this type of intellect can be the hardest to develop because it takes the longest time to develop character.
Social intelligence is the ability to read others and approach them in a way to gain the best possible connection. People in the military have many different backgrounds and knowing where they come from will help develop social intelligence. Senior Warrant Officers that are successful develop ways to make connections. For some this quality was easy and for others it may force them to be more positive. Warrant Officers who possess strong social intelligence have an effect on how people feel when they are around that person.
The last type of intelligence is spiritual. Spiritual intelligence is the ability to sustain your relationship with God where it will have an influence in every decision you make. Senior Warrant Officers who possess spiritual intelligence have an edge that God’s favor will produce for them. It also influences other people to trust and cooperate with that Senior Warrant Officer.
(3) The third attribute that is important to being a Senior Warrant Officer is develops. ADRP 6-22 states that Developing people and the organization with a long-term perspective requires leaders who: create a positive environment, seek self-improvement, invest adequate time and effort to develop individual subordinates, and act as stewards of the profession.
Creating a positive environment means taking care of people to maximize their performed. Senior 920B Warrant Officers learn this early in their career working in the SSAs. Developing an environment in the warehouse that is positive and maximizes production should be the goal of every Accountable Officer. Getting this experience early will aid in the develops attribute of the Senior Warrant Officer so that as the responsibility increases so will the development of creating the positive environment.
Seeking self-improvement is to prepare for increasing more demanding operational environments. This means Senior Warrant Officers need to spend time outside of the duty day to improve their intellect and knowledge to make the best decisions. One way of improving intellect is to seek out education and training opportunities. Steps listed in ADRP to become a better learner are as follows: Plan the approach to use to learn, Focus on achievable learning goals, Set aside time to study, Organize new information as it is encountered, Track how learning is proceeding.
WOAC-QM-920B-002-16
SUBJECT: Significance of a Senior Warrant
I believe these are good steps to be a better learner and should have been used by the Senior Warrant Officer to develop one’s self and then taught to future leaders.
Investing adequate time and effort to develop subordinates will help individual and organizational performance.
The advantage that a Senior Warrant Officer has in developing subordinates is that they have learned from experience more than most leaders. Sharing the years of learning experience that a Senior Warrant Officer has with subordinates will take effort because sometimes the experiences that need to be shared are failures that Senior Warrant Officer have gone through. Though it might be the most difficult to talk about, it will probably be the most influential to the subordinates.
The final requirement of the develops attribute is to act as a steward of the profession. Described in ADRP 6-22, leaders serving as good stewards have concern for the lasting effects of their decisions and stewardship is about the development and support of members of the Army team. Senior Warrant Officers look at their years of experience and discover better ways of doing things. They are not afraid of making mistakes, instead they learn from them. Being a good steward means that the Senior Warrant Officer is going to leave the organization in a better position than it was when he or she
arrived.
I have the opportunity to serve for one year as a Maintenance Warrant Officer shortly after WOAC graduation. I will probably make some mistakes; however once I become a Senior Warrant Officer I will become a better steward because I will be more rounded in the profession and discover more ways to doing things because of my experience. The confidence that the Senior Warrant Officers display around the Army Logistics University (ALU) is ones that I would like to mirror as I encounter my next challenge.
WOAC has taught me more about the significance of being a Senior Warrant Officer. This might be because in the Army Reserve I don’t encounter very many Warrant Officers, which means I need to work even harder to act as a Senior Warrant Officer and become a steward of the profession. I didn’t think of it that much before attending, however there was a common theme at the ALU, whenever a Warrant Officer came to speak to the class. “You are about to become Seniors”, everyone would say it and the attributes I described in this paper were displayed by the way the Senior Warrant Officers spoke to our class.