A Company Grade Officer
A Company Grade Officer’s Guide to Leadership: From the Lens of a Servant Leader
Tyler M. Miller | 2021
Abstract
Young Army officers are consistently exposed to traditional definitions of leadership. These definitions assist in determining the overarching goal and description of effective leadership but do little in describing how leaders can best provide purpose, direction, and motivation. There has been an increased interest in incorporating servant leadership principles within the United States Army and the services abroad. This interest is twofold, first in ensuring military leaders retain trust with the American public that they are taking care of those who volunteer for service.
The purpose of this manuscript is to construct a practical framework that company-grade officers may use to refine their leadership skills from the lens of a leader willing to serve. This book provides detailed insight on servant leadership tenets and challenges the commonly held beliefs regarding leadership from a traditional military perspective. The topics presented within this manuscript answer the importance of leadership, the increased interest in servant leadership, a self-assessment of servant leadership characteristics, identifying and shaping organizational identities, fostering collaborative efforts, developing others, and leading organizations for facilitate sustained growth.