My Leadership Philosophy: Noncommissioned Officer

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My leadership philosophy is relatively simple. Give Soldiers enough room to make decisions and either succeed or fail, but not fail so badly it adversely damages their career. I’ve developed my philosophy from watching the Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) around me, and the ones that were above me when I was a Junior Enlisted Soldier. I believe new Soldiers should start to receive simple leadership tasks just before their two-year promotion. A lot of leaders that I’ve seen tend to coddle or micro-manage their Soldiers, while this ensures the task is done it hinders the growth of that Soldier. I’ve been told numerous times in the infancy of my career that our job is to cater to our Soldiers, and provide our Soldiers with strong foundation for

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