Values And Characteristics Of A Good Leader In The Army

As being a little over a year away from commissioning and being give our nation’s sons and daughters, I believe that there are certain traits and aspects that I need to have to be a good leader. I think anyone can be a leader but not everyone can be a good leader, and even fewer can be a great leader. The Army defines leadership as a person who can influence others by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization. Building upon this further as a Platoon Leader you will be given certain tasks that your soldiers may not understand why you are doing this certain task and I will have to give them the motivation and purpose behind doing this said task. This in my eyes, is best done by leading

As an American Solider you are expected to not only defend the nation but follow the laws and be a good person. A good leader will live by these values and show his soldiers he expects them to live by these values also. If I am a private and just reporting to my unit and I see my SL or higher up doing certain things that break any of these values that I learned in basic training, he or she may think it is okay to not follow these values. I follow these values everyday not just as being an Army cadet but just by being a good person. A good leader has good character because it shows the platoon he’s not about himself he’s about the bigger

The task I think I pose the best is character, and morals. I was taught as a child to follow strict rules and give everyone with respect. As a future PL you are going to as your soldiers to follow the law. But if myself fails at this than how can I aspect them to do the same. This is a trait we learn as MS1’s and build off of it the rest of our military careers. To me this is the one trait that a good leader should have that comes very naturally. The next trait I think I show the best is wiliness to learn. I love learning, as a leader you are expect to be proficient in your skill and to me that means wiliness to keep learning. A lot of great leaders always wanted to learn from either picking up books or from talking and learning from other leaders around them. As me being a young cadet right now I look up to cadre to learn from. The cadre have a lot of time in the military and have seen and experienced a lot and are willing to share this knowledge. It is up to me to take advantage and learn from them what they have learned in their