The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual [Paperback]

Leadership The Center For Army (Author), Army Department of the (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071436995 | ISBN-13: 978-0071436991 | Publication Date: March 2, 2004 | Edition: 1

How the world's most dynamic organization prepares its leaders for battle, with valuable insights for today's business arena

For mor than 50 years, The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual has provided leadership training for every officer training program in the U.S. Army. This trade edition brings the manual's value-based leadership principles and practices to today's business world. The result is a compelling examination of how to be an effective leader when the survival of your team literally hangs on your decisions. More than 60 gripping vignettes and stories illustrate historical and contemporary examples of army leaders who made a difference.

The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual also provides:

• A leadership approach based on the army's core principles of "Be, Know, Do"
• Hands-on lessons to enhance training, mentoring, and decision-making skills
• Chapters that focus on the different roles and requirements for leadership

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Valuable insights for any organization, from the leadership experts of the United States Army

The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual is the official manual for leadership training throughout ti

About the Author

The Center for Army Leadership is responsible for officer training in the U.S. Army and is located at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (March 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071436995
• ISBN-13: 978-0071436991
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cheap and good, May 2, 2004

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Jaewoo Kim "OB-Wan" (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual (Paperback)

This book is very cheap. Just about the cheapest leadership book you can buy. But its valuable knowledge far exceeds its price. There is a reason why this book is used for mandatory leadership curriculum at West Point and virtually all military leadership training schools. It teaches soldier to 1)Be of strong ethical and moral character (loyalty, integrity, discipline) 2)Know valuable skills and knowledge (technical and personal) 3)Do utilize the leadership skills to make a difference.

There is a best selling book "Be, Know, Do" which relies heavily from this book as a source. I recommend buying this book instead because it is much cheaper and contains virtually all the information contained in that one.

I wish this book was thicker with even more useful information. The book could have expounded far more in detail, especially things related to interpersonal skills (communication and motivation). I know there is a wealth of psychological research on the subject of leadership which the book could have used for further enlightenment. But the book limits its focus only on its history and military leaders as a source.

Leadership is a deep and complex subject because it requires one to deeply understand oneself and the others. This book provides a solid basis.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended!, June 3, 2004

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Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual (Paperback)

As the army's touchstone for leadership, The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual stresses ethics, high moral character and the honorable refusal to obey unlawful orders. This volume makes you ask, "How could the prison abuse incidents in Iraq in 2004 have happened?" American army training repeatedly emphasizes moral leadership, character and integrity, as seen in this primary field manual of leadership, which is used by soldiers and officers everywhere. Read the principles that helped shape such leaders such as Marshall, Eisenhower, Schwarzkopf and Powell. You can employ many of their lessons of moral courage and determination in the corporate boardroom.
We highly recommend this very readable book for those who seek to put current events into clearer context and to make use of their lessons.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical Leadership, March 27, 2007

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Robert B. Fong "Bosun Bob" (Honolulu, HI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual (Paperback)

This manual has evolved over the years, and while it extrapolates from the theories of Transformational/Transactional Leadership, it gets down to where the "rubber meets the road." This is leadership 101 in practical application with many real world examples inserted in key places to demonstrate that this is not just "hot air" to pump up some author's ego blimp. While this may be a military focused book, with a clear sense of situations (while not life threatening) one can interpolate the stressful leadership issues in a civilian context that can have dire personal economic consequences. This book will "Git 'er done!"