Table Of ContentThe
MiliTary leadership
handbook
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The
MiliTary leadership
handbook
edited by
Colonel bernd horn and dr. robert W. Walker
Foreword by Major-General J.p.y.d. Gosselin
dundurn press
toronto
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Copyright © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2008
Catalogue No. D2-229/2008E
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Horn, Bernd, 1959-
The military leadership handbook / Bernd Horn, Robert W. Walker.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-55002-766-2
1. Command of troops. 2. Military art and science. 3. Leadership.
I. Walker, Robert William, 1943- II. Title.
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Table oF ConTenTs
Foreword by Major-General J.P.Y.D. Gosselin 9
Introduction by Bernd Horn and Robert W. Walker 11
1 — Attitudes 15
Allister MacIntyre
2 — Change 31
Jeffrey Stouffer
3 — Character 48
Robert W. Walker
4 — Cohesion 57
Allister MacIntyre
5 — Combat Motivation 73
Bernd Horn
6 — Combat Stress Reactions 91
George Shorey
7 — Command 104
Bernd Horn
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8 — Communication 114
Allister MacIntyre and Danielle Charbonneau
9 — Conflict Management 129
Bradley Coates
10 — Counselling 140
Paul Pellerin
11 — Courage 158
Bernd Horn
12 — Creativity 168
Robert W. Walker
13 — Cultural Intelligence 187
Emily Spencer
14 — Culture 200
Karen D. Davis
15 — Decision-Making 215
Bill Bentley
16 — Discipline 228
Robert Edwards
17 — Diversity 244
Justin Wright
18 — Ethics 261
Daniel Lagacé-Roy
19 — Fatigue 276
Bernd Horn
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20 — Fear 285
Bernd Horn
21 — Followership 302
Brent Beardsley
22 — Gender 309
Karen D. Davis
23 — Grief 320
Rhonda Gibson and Robert D. Sipes
24 — Influence 339
Bill Bentley and Robert W. Walker
25 — Interpersonal Feedback 355
Danielle Charbonneau and Allister MacIntyre
26 — Judgment 366
Robert W. Walker
27 — Mentoring 378
Daniel Lagacé-Roy
28 — The Military Professional 390
Bill Bentley
29 — Morale 402
Bernd Horn and Daniel Lagacé-Roy
30 — Motivation 414
Phyllis P. Browne and Robert W. Walker
31 — Physical Fitness 429
Bernd Horn
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32 — The Professional Development Framework 436
Robert W. Walker
33 — Professional Ideology 451
Bill Bentley
34 — Self-Development 461
Brent Beardsley
35 — Stereotypes 471
Allister MacIntyre
36 — Stress and Coping 481
Allister MacIntyre and Colin Bridges
37 — Teams 494
Robert W. Walker, Allister MacIntyre,
and Bill Bentley
38 — Theories 511
Emily Spencer
39 — Trust 525
Jeffrey Stouffer, Barbara Adams,
Jessica Sartori, and Megan Thompson
Summary 543
Contributors 545
Index 551
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ForeWord
I am delighted to introduce this seminal book, The Military Leadership
Handbook. This volume represents an important addition to the
body of literature both on leadership and the profession of arms.
It provides an applied and readable compendium of ideas, concepts, and
practices related specifically to military leadership. Although focused, to
a large degree, on the Canadian context and experience, it is applicable
to any military organization and, quite frankly, to anyone interested in
the study of leadership.
Moreover, The Military Leadership Handbook adds to the innovative
Strategic Leadership Writing Project created by the Canadian Forces
Leadership Institute and the Canadian Defence Academy Press. This
book continues to demonstrate our commitment to capturing key themes
and operational topics of importance for military personnel serving in
the complex security environment of today. This important work will be
of great value to those leaders charged with the heavy responsibility of
leading their nation’s sons and daughters into harm’s way, as well as those
leaders with equally important responsibilities to develop and improve
their institution’s capabilities to enable mission success.
Accordingly, I wish to reiterate the importance of this book, as well as
all others in the Strategic Leadership Writing Project series. These publica-
tions provide military professionals and the public at large with theoretical
knowledge, as well as practical experience, to ensure a better understand-
ing of leadership. They will assist both military leaders to better prepare
to lead and command in the demanding environments in which they find
themselves, and non-military professionals to comprehend the enormous
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