The importance of leadership traits

Three Traits of a Leader

The basic principle of leadership traits is something that separates the Marine Corps from not only other branches of the military but also every other organization in the world. The stress for every Marine to have the ability to be a leader and to take charge and do what they know is right allows the leadership to trust that everything that is supposed to be done will be done and done correctly without issue while the leadership can focus on more pressing issues. Furthermore it allows the Marines not yet in positions of power to be ready for when they are given responsibility. It also means that when Marines are met with a situation in which they do not have any leadership above them the Marine will have the ability to make good decisions and resolve any issues that they may encounter. Three of the most important leadership traits of the fourteen are initiative, dependability, and judgment.

Initiative is a trait that any working person should have, however this is unfortunately not the case. The truth of the matter is that most people would rather sit back until told something to do and even when they are told to get something done just doing it themselves they feel a need to delegate it or to seek help or to put it off as much as possible. This is something that we as Marines should try to stop doing. Instead when given a task we should jump to get it done as fast as possible because once it is done there is yet again nothing hanging over your head to get done. Also seeking help is not always called for especially when it merely prolongs what would have been an otherwise short process. Another aspect of the point of having the ability to take initiative is to be able to get things done before you are told. There are certain things that we know always have to happen like clockwork. Therefore it should not take waiting for someone to tell you to do it in order for you to think of doing it. Sometimes it is easier to just do it before