Leader Up

Leader Up

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Leader Up episodes

  • Episode 28 - Virtual Classroom Experience - Intermediate Course
    In this episode we meet with John Dwyer and Judit Sandor to discuss their learning experiences in a virtual classroom offering of our Civilian Education System Intermediate Course. Conducted completely online, this 12-week version of the Intermediate Course afforded our students some unique opportunities and benefits. Note that future course offerings may be adjusted to take less time.
    You may notice a difference in audio quality because this episode was recorded remotely.
    41 min
  • Episode 26 - SES Engagement Program
    In this episode we meet with AMSC Advanced Course facilitator, Mrs. Christina Love, to discuss our Senior Executive Service (SES) Engagement Program. We talk about what it is, how it benefits our students, and more.
    21 min
  • Episode 25 - Educating a Hybrid Army
    A completely new form of warfare is upon us. Currently, great power competition exists in physical battle space. But who is conceptualizing and addressing great power competition in virtual battle space? In this episode of Leader Up, we meet with Army Management Staff College Director, Mr. Steve Banach to discuss winning wars and educating a Hybrid Army, to effectively conduct Multi-Domain Operations, by moving beyond legacy physical war theory and embracing revolutionary virtual warfare theories.
    34 min
  • Episode 24 - Mission Command is Alive and Well
    David Howey meets with Mr. Chuck Schrankel, Mission Command Division Chief, U.S. Army Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, to discuss the popular topic of mission command and how it is addressed in the July 2019 update of Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 6-0 “Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces.”
    45 min
  • Episode 23 - What’s New with ADP 6-22?
    David Howey discusses recent updates to Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 6-22, "Army Leadership and the Profession," with LTC Greta Railsback and Ms. Judith Price from the Center for the Army Profession and Leadership (CAPL).
    24 min
  • Episode 21 - Learning Organizations
    James Cameron and John Kotzman discuss the tenets of learning organizations.

    Learning organizations facilitate the learning of its members and continuously transform themselves. The concept was coined through the work and research of Peter Senge and his colleagues.

    The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, and The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization, describe five disciplines that must be mastered when introducing learning into an organization:

    -Personal Mastery - begins "by becoming committed to lifelong learning," and is the spiritual cornerstone of a learning organization. Personal Mastery involves being more realistic, focusing on becoming the best person possible, and striving for a sense of commitment and excitement in our careers to facilitate the realization of potential (Senge 1990,11).

    -Mental Models - must be managed because they do prevent new powerful insights and organizational practices from becoming implemented. The process begins with self-reflection; unearthing deeply held belief structures and generalizations, and understanding how they dramatically influence the way we operate in our own lives. Until there is realization and a focus on openness, real change can never take place (Senge 1990,12).

    -Building Shared Visions - visions cannot be dictated because they always begin with the personal visions of individual employees, who may not agree with the leader's vision. What is needed is a genuine vision that elicits commitment in good times and bad, and has the power to bind an organization together. As Peter Senge contends, "[building shared vision fosters a commitment to the long term" (Senge 1990,12).

    -Team Learning - is important because modern organizations operate on the basis of teamwork, which means that organizations cannot learn if team members do not come together and learn. It is a process of developing the ability to create desired results; to have a goal in mind and work together to attain it (Senge 1990,13).

    -Systems Thinking - the ability to see the big picture, and to distinguish patterns instead of conceptualizing change as isolated events. Systems thinking needs the other four disciplines to enable a learning organization to be realized. There must be a paradigm shift - from being unconnected to interconnected to the whole, and from blaming our problems on something external to a realization that how we operate, our actions, can create problems (Senge 1990,10).
    36 min
  • Episode 20 - Full Range Leadership and Leadership Theories (Part 4)
    James Cameron and Dr. Larry Wilson discuss Full Range Leadership. The full range model of leadership was developed by prominent leadership researchers Bernard Bass and Bruce Avolio in the 80’s and 90’s and has been the subject of extensive research ever since.

    This episode focuses specifically on: Transformational Leadership, Authentic Leadership, and Servant Leadership.
    55 min

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Leader Up, a podcast by the Army Management Staff College (AMSC), discusses a broad range of leadership and leader development topics with an emphasis on the Army Civilian Professional.