"If you’re a leader and you presume your title or rank gives you the right to stamp on the throat of the people you are privileged to lead, then you’re not a leader…you’re a tyrant."
Thank you for tackling this often-overlooked issue! It's so needed. From what I can tell, weak leadership is one of rank-and-file officers' biggest morale killers.
JUST TODAY my senior officers with 24 years and 26 years, respectively, were complaining about this exact issue. So yes, this isn’t just theory to me as I’m living through what it’s like to manage expectations of substandard leadership in a culture that demands exceptionalism and sees mediocrity.
Great work. You have inspired others to challenge the lies!
Yes! Well, then we are moving in the right direction!
Love this article! Spot on.
"If you’re a leader and you presume your title or rank gives you the right to stamp on the throat of the people you are privileged to lead, then you’re not a leader…you’re a tyrant."
Very few are actual leaders.
Agreed. But wouldn’t it be nice if there were? That’s why we do what we do!
Thank you for tackling this often-overlooked issue! It's so needed. From what I can tell, weak leadership is one of rank-and-file officers' biggest morale killers.
JUST TODAY my senior officers with 24 years and 26 years, respectively, were complaining about this exact issue. So yes, this isn’t just theory to me as I’m living through what it’s like to manage expectations of substandard leadership in a culture that demands exceptionalism and sees mediocrity.