DND Dimensionsofmileadership
ResearchFiles_Dimensions_cover_Vol1.qxd 10/4/07 10:27 AM Page 1 This volume is the first in an exciting new series released by the Canadian Forces Leadership Institute (CFLI) and the Canadian Defence Academy (CDA). The series, entitled From the Canadian Forces Leadership Institute’s Research Files, provides a means through which specialized and highly focused topics in military leadership and professionalism can be addressed and disseminated for a wider audience. The impetus for this book was generated by an acknowledgment within CFLI that, even though critical topics needed to be explored in depth, some of these issues would not demand a full book treatment. The subtitle selected for Volume 1, Dimensions of Military Leadership, effectively captures the notion that the chapters have a military focus, rep- resent a range of facets or elements, and should be of interest to anyone remotely interested in leadership. The chapters themselves are clustered into four broad conceptual areas. In Part 1, Leadership and Culture, there are chapters devoted to the warrior ethos, professionalism, and adaptive skills for leadership success. Part II, Changes in the International Security Environment, contains explorations into coalitional and multinational operations, military interventions to support human rights, and leader- ship in low-intensity conflicts. Part III, Leadership and Transformation, includes such topics as Bitsuism and Mission command in the Israeli Defence Forces, lessons learned from American Reform, and the absence of honour in Somalia that triggered wide scale transformation in the Canadian Forces. Finally, in Part IV, Organizational Approaches to Military Leadership, there are examination of social structures, culture, climate, attitudes and behaviour.
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