Why Should Anyone Be Led By You?
Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?
In army, commanders have always been as units` flags who have indicated the direction for their units and to whom the units have aligned with. History has shown that success or failure of military operations depends largely on commander’s ability to unite and lead his subordinates. Therefore, an officer as the military leader should ask from himself “Why should anyone be led by me?”, and I am not exception. So, why should anybody follow me as a military leader?
Firstly, I like my job and I do it with great pleasure. I have always known that nobody wants follow you If you do your job without motivation. My principle of service as a chief of staff is manner of thought – warfighting is teamwork, without subordinates, a commander can do nothing on a battlefield. Therefore, I have been trying to be as the example to my subordinates. My subordinates push themselves much more if they see that, I do the same.
Secondly, I have been trying to be inspirational leader for my subordinates. I know that to achieve the set goal commanders need inspired and motivated subordinates. To inspire and motivate the subordinates I have used mission command principles to achieve set goals. I have noticed during my service that my subordinates do their job with bigger pleasure if I give them more freedom to act. In addition, the end state of …show more content…
Although it is difficult, I have to be able to reveal my weakness. According to the article “Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?” written by Robert Goffee and Gareth Jones exposing a weakness establishes trust between leaders and subordinates and thus helps get better contact with subordinates”. I agree that subordinates have to see that I am just a human and I cannot do everything by myself, I need definitely their help to achieve set
In army, commanders have always been as units` flags who have indicated the direction for their units and to whom the units have aligned with. History has shown that success or failure of military operations depends largely on commander’s ability to unite and lead his subordinates. Therefore, an officer as the military leader should ask from himself “Why should anyone be led by me?”, and I am not exception. So, why should anybody follow me as a military leader?
Firstly, I like my job and I do it with great pleasure. I have always known that nobody wants follow you If you do your job without motivation. My principle of service as a chief of staff is manner of thought – warfighting is teamwork, without subordinates, a commander can do nothing on a battlefield. Therefore, I have been trying to be as the example to my subordinates. My subordinates push themselves much more if they see that, I do the same.
Secondly, I have been trying to be inspirational leader for my subordinates. I know that to achieve the set goal commanders need inspired and motivated subordinates. To inspire and motivate the subordinates I have used mission command principles to achieve set goals. I have noticed during my service that my subordinates do their job with bigger pleasure if I give them more freedom to act. In addition, the end state of …show more content…
Although it is difficult, I have to be able to reveal my weakness. According to the article “Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?” written by Robert Goffee and Gareth Jones exposing a weakness establishes trust between leaders and subordinates and thus helps get better contact with subordinates”. I agree that subordinates have to see that I am just a human and I cannot do everything by myself, I need definitely their help to achieve set