Agile Leaders, Agile Institutions: Educating Adaptive and Innovative Leaders for Today and Tomorrow
Authored by LTC Christopher P Gehler.
August 2005
19 Pages
Brief Synopsis
The author concludes that the Army has a new strategic reality of persistent conflict and that its doctrine and educational systems must adapt and become more agile to meet the requirements of this persistent warfare continuum.
Summary
In 2004, General Kevin P. Byrnes tasked the U.S. Army War College to study the post initial-entry Officer Education System (OES). The Agile Leader Study’s charter was to assess OES curricula to determine how well-suited they were for developing leaders to operate effectively in the contemporary operational environment. More narrowly, this paper is a “directed telescope” focused on the Captain’s Career Courses (CCCs). It seeks to answer the research question, how should TRADOC change its education system, with specific regard to the CCCs, to better develop and prepare mentally agile leaders for the Army’s new strategic reality?
To answer this question, this paper examines the new strategic reality and its implications on our officers’ professional military education, as well as the concepts of individual and organizational agility, specifically investigating adaptability, innovation, and learning. It then advances a recommended model to develop agile leaders, while making the institutional system more agile as well.
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