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Leadership Philosophy
My foundation and leadership philosophy generates from the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps has provided myself specific guidance and a strong foundation on how to be an effective leader by providing multiple leaderships tools that can be utilized for short, medium and long goals. Throughout my 14-year career, I’m confident that I have utilized all of these leadership tools at one point or another. The guidance from the Marine Corps has coached me in the right direction to be an effective leader. Furthermore, as my career has progressed through the years and on occasions I have been told and I have instructed my followers that they “must pick and pull from all of their leaders’ strengths and weaknesses and develop their own style of leadership.” …show more content…

The MCRP 6-11B W/CH 1 list both the leadership traits and principles as follows:
Leadership traits: bearing, courage (both physical and moral), decisiveness, dependability, endurance, enthusiasm, initiative, integrity, judgment, justice, knowledge, loyalty, tact and unselfishness.
Leadership principles: know yourself and seek self-improvement, be technically and tactically proficient, develop a sense of responsibility among your subordinates, make sound and timely decisions, set the example, know your marines and look out for their welfare, keep your marines informed, seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions, ensure tasks are understood, supervised and accomplished, train your marines as a team and employ your command in accordance with its capabilities (p.15-2).
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