MILITARY LEADERSHIP,

MILITARY COURTESY
AND DISCIPLINE

JEFERSON L. CALLANGAN
 “If you are going to win any battle, you
have to do one thing: You have to make
the mind run the body. Never let the body
tell the mind what to do. The body is
never tired if the mind is not tired.”
Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
 Why Study Leadership?
 To become leaders
 Understand how to motivate others
 Learn valuable characteristics
 Understand how the “system” works
(Leadership is in all parts of life)
 Military Leadership:

 The process of influencing others

to accomplish the mission by
providing purpose, direction, and
motivation.
 Providing Purpose
 Purpose gives soldiers (subordinates, etc.)
a reason why they should do difficult
things often under dangerous or stressful
conditions.
 Establish priorities
 Explain importance of task
 Providing Direction
 Direction gives soldiers a set of tasks to
accomplish
 Set standards and expectations and
enforce them
 Proper training will give them confidence
(you can’t expect workers or soldiers to
complete tasks they don’t know how to
do.)
 Providing Motivation
 Motivation gives soldiers the WILL to do
everything they are capable of to
accomplish a mission
 Causes soldiers to use initiative when they
see a need for action
 Providing Motivation
 Motivate soldiers by:
 Caring for their needs
 Challenging them

 Creating cohesive teams

 Rewarding success

 Giving them responsibility they can

handle
 Discussion Question(s)
 What kind of ways can we motivate
others?
 What do YOU think is the best way to
motivate someone? Short term, long
term?
 The Factors of Leadership
 The four major factors of leadership are
always present and effect the actions one
should take and when you should take
them. They are:
 The Leader
 The Led
 The situation
 Communications
 The Factors of Leadership
The Leader/Commander
 As a leader you must have
an honest understanding
of your strengths &
weakness – know:
 Who you are,

 What you know,

 What you can do.

 (this is why we study

leader characteristics)
 The Factors of Leadership
The Led/Follower
 The individuals you

lead are another factor.

 Not all people should

be led the same way

 Like yourself, you must

know their strengths

and weakness and how
best to lead them.
 The Factors of Leadership
The Situation
 All situations are

different
 How you lead, your

team strengths, what

the task is, all factor
into the situation.
 The Factors of Leadership
Communication
 Communication is the

exchange of
information and ideas
from one person to
another.
 The way you

communicate depends
on the situation.
 The Factors of Leadership
Interaction of the Factors
 The four major factors are always present .

 The most important factor in one situation may

have little importance in another.

 You must constantly consider all four factors

and choose the best course of action.

 The Principles of Leadership
 The principles of leadership are excellent
guidelines and provide a plan for action.
 Applying these principles tells you what
you should DO to BE a good leader.
 The Principles of Leadership
 Know Yourself and seek Self-Improvement
 Be technically and Tactically Proficient
 Seek Responsibility & Take responsibility
for your actions
 Make sound & timely decisions
 Set the example
 Know your soldiers (team) and look out
for their well-being
 The Principles of Leadership
 Keep your subordinates informed
 Develop a sense of responsibility in your
subordinates
 Ensure the task is understood, supervised,
and accomplished
 Build the team
 Employ your unit (team) in accordance
with its capabilities
 MILITARY COURTESY AND
DISCIPLINE
 Military Discipline - it is the training that
develops self control, character, and
efficiency and
 as the result of such training implies
subjection to control exerted for the good
of the group.
 It is the state of order existing within a
command.
 Value of Discipline
1. Discipline is not peculiar, strange, or
exclusive to military organization but to civilian
society as well.
2. No business organization could operate
without it.
3. Everybody is subject to discipline of police
regulations, proper sanity rules, etc.
4. The desirable and happy citizen is one who
has a healthy and proper concept of discipline.
 Purpose of Discipline
1. Bring out uniformity in cooperating for the
attainment of a common goal. This uniformity
is obtained when an individual understands
how to fit into an organization as a whole.
2. To understand one another through the
sharing of common goals.
3. To ensure effectivity of a group not only for
specified purposes but also for emergencies.
4. To install responses automatically without
panic in an emergency.
 Military Courtesy
 it is the accepted form of politeness in the
military service.
 The foremost of this special form of
courtesy is the salute.
 It is the expression or manifestation of
consideration for others.
 The Salute
 The most important manifestation of all
military courtesies
 In the military, the salute is mostly used
and it distinguishes the military
man/woman in its execution.
 Salute indicates pride in himself/herself
and his/her unit and thus enhances the
building up of confidence in his/her
 How to Salute
 From the position of attention or if walking
from an erect position, raise the right
hand smartly until the tip of the forefinger
touches the lower part of the headgear,
forearm inclined at 45 degrees, hand and
wrist at straight line, palm slightly inward,
thumb and fingers extended and joined.
 Activity
 Who are you as a Person and as a Leader?
 What are your values, principles,
philosophies?
 Who is a leader for you?
 Thank you!
 LEADERSHIP TRAITS
 These are human characteristics which
enable an individual to lead men and
these are personal qualities that are of
great value to the commander in gaining
the willing obedience, confidence, respect
and loyal cooperation of his men. These
can be developed by self-analysis and
practice.
 BEARING – the act of creating a favorable
impression in carriage, physical
appearance, dress and personal conduct
at all times.
 COURAGE – the mental quality to act
calmly in times of danger and hardship.
 DECISIVENESS – the ability to make
decisions promptly and express them ion
clear and forceful manner.
 DEPENDABILITY – the ability to make
decisions promptly and express them in
clear and forceful manner.
 ENDURANCE – the physical and mental
stamina measured by the ability to
withstand pain, fatigue, stress and
hardship.
 ENTHUSIASM – the display of sincere
interest and zeal in the performance of
duties.
 FORCE – the ability to compel obedience
to her/his subordinates.
 HUMILITY – the state of being reasonably
proud but not arrogant and boastful.
 HUMOR – the ability to appreciate and
narrate amusing situations with bearing.
 INITIATIVE – the ability to start or
originate an idea or work even when
others are absent.
 INTEGRITY – is the good moral character
of a leader that must be unquestioned.
 JUDGEMENT – the ability to make quick
and wise decisions on valid facts.
 JUSTICE – impartiality in dealing with
others in giving credits when due and
punishment when so demands.
 KNOWLEDGE – understanding of the
characteristics of men.
 LOYALTY – the quality of sincerity and
faithfulness to superiors, subordinates,
your unit and country.
 SYMPATHY – the mutual feeling for
others. The capacity of sharing the
feelings of those with whom one is
associated.
 TACT – the ability to deal with situations
without hurting the feelings of others.
 UNSELFISHNESS – the avoidance of
personal consideration that gives
disadvantage to others.