Leadership Lessons Learned from the Military

Francis G O'Connor; Francis H Kearney

doi:10.1016/j.csm.2022.11.003

Leadership Lessons Learned from the Military

Clin Sports Med. 2023 Apr;42(2):301-315. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2022.11.003.

Authors

Francis G O'Connor¹, Francis H Kearney²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Helath Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 201814, USA. Electronic address: Francis.oconnor@usuhs.edu.
² Thayer Leadership, 674 Thayer Road, West Point, NY 10996, USA.

PMID: 36907628
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2022.11.003

Abstract

The military provides a valuable resource for the civilian medical education sector to potentially model or adopt strategies used to train emerging leaders. The Department of Defense has a long tradition of cultivating leaders, espousing a culture that emphasizes a value system that promotes selfless service and integrity. In addition to leadership training, and a fostered value system, the military additionally trains leaders to use a defined military decision-making process. This article identifies and shares lessons learned in how the military structures and focuses to accomplish the mission, and develops and invests in military leadership training.

Keywords: Dual agency; Military decision-making process; Military leadership.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Leadership*
Military Personnel*