Unselfishness And The Marine Corps

The leadership principle that is lacking most amongst sergeants is unselfishness. Unselfishness is the avoidance of providing for one’s own comfort and personal advancement at the expense of others. With unselfishness gone, sergeants will have to determine the issue at hand, the way subordinates view sergeants’ behavior, and taking the corrective actions to fix this issue. The only way to bring the esprit de corps back to the Marine Corps and the comradery back is to have unselfishness utilized within work places.

To begin with, sergeants’ have to determine the issue that is at hand. Whether it be the personal interest from trying to look the best and not helping fellow peers. Self-advancement would also be an issue, by not putting marines first or not helping peers to make themselves look amazing. By thinking only about ones’ selves gain is also an issue because the mission of the Marine Corps can only be accomplished as a whole team, not by individuals. Nevertheless, it leads to the next subject of the way subordinates look at sergeants attitudes.

Junior marines look up to sergeants for trust and confidence, which could be lost through the selfish acts. Let alone the comradery that should be built by those individuals that are in charge of those marines. Troop welfare dwindles down through sergeants who only look out for themselves and not the marines that fall under their charge. Now if sergeants knew about these deficiencies and how they are always watched they could correct