Military Leadership Philosophy Examples

I believe that as a leader we should all have a leadership philosophy that we live by and teach our subordinates to live by as well. However, even at this stage in my life I still have yet to figure out what my leadership philosophy really is. Crazy right that at the rank of SFC with 18 years in the United States Military, I do not have this one simple thing figured out. As I write out my thoughts pen to pad hopefully I can come up with something that makes sense is enlightening and that I can pass on to my soldiers as a guide. So that as they enter into the Senior Enlisted ranks they are better equipped then I to lead there soldiers.

I strive as a leader and a person to live fully each day, laugh often and love intensely. I strive every day to have more patience, to say kinder words, to gossip less, be a good friend, good teacher, and a good mentor. In addition, I try not to be too hard on myself when I do not always succeed at those things, which is often I might add! Then I remind myself to remember that all I can do is try harder next time and learn from my mistakes and hope that my soldier see that I am imperfect and just as they are. I think that really what my leadership philosophy is to be the best leader that I can be and strive to maintain the army standards and follow the basic

army principal that we learned in Basic Combat Training (BCT). To incorporate the army values in everything I do. To my soldier to fight for what is right and to challenge things that are wrong. I would like to think of my leadership philosophy as that of (Socrates).
Socrates was a one of the greatest philosopher of the fifth Century who believed in himself.

I think it very important to believe in one’s self and have faith in ones abilities to lead. “As a Greek philosopher of great courage who fight against his opponent with his knowledge and wisdom. While doing this Socrates made the wrong associations with an earlier regime, the Athenian democracy they put Socrates on trial, charging him with undermining state religion and corrupting young people. Now in no way do I want to corrupt, my soldier. However, I do want to think outside the box and stand up for what they believe is right. In addition, do the right thing at the right

time.
In closing, I am still learning and creating my own leadership philosophy. By researching philosophers’ thoughts and creating my own opinions of what leadership means to me. I am in the beginning stage of making my leadership philosophy concrete. I think it is going to take time to actually be able to teach my philosophy, like Socrates did, but I have my the rest of my career ahead of me and plan on taking my own path based on my beliefs of what leadership means to me.