Army Leadership - Be, Know, Do

1 FM 22-100 army Leadership BE, know , DO August 1999 Headquarters, Department of the army DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *FM 22-100 Field Manual Headquarters No. 22-100 Department of the army Washington, DC, 31 August 1999 army Leadership Contents Page THE army Leadership FRAMEWORK ..1-2 Leadership Defined ..1-4 BE, know , Levels of Leaders of Leadership and Command ..1-14 Subordinates ..1-15 The Payoff: Excellence ..1-17 Summary ..1-19 THE LEADER AND Leadership : WHAT THE LEADER MUST BE, know , AND CHARACTER: WHAT A LEADER MUST army Leader Attributes.

2 2-10 Focus on COMPETENCE: WHAT A LEADER MUST know ..2-24 Leadership : WHAT A LEADER MUST CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 Section I Section II Section III PART ONE: THE LEADER, Leadership , AND THE HUMAN DIMENSION CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 Section I Section II Section III CHAPTER 7 Section I THE HUMAN People, the Team, and the Institution.

3 3-1 Combat The Stress of Climate and Leadership Styles ..3-15 Intended and Unintended Summary ..3-19 PART TWO: DIRECT Leadership DIRECT Leadership SKILLS ..4-2 Interpersonal Skills ..4-2 Conceptual Technical Tactical Skills ..4-12 Summary ..4-14 DIRECT Leadership ACTIONS ..5-1 Influencing Actions ..5-1 Operating Improving Summary ..5-27 PART THREE: organizational AND STRATEGIC Leadership organizational WHAT IT TAKES TO LEAD ORGANIZATIONS SKILLS ..6-3 Interpersonal Skills ..6-3 Conceptual Technical Tactical Skills ..6-10 WHAT IT TAKES TO LEAD ORGANIZATIONS Influencing Actions.

4 6-12 Operating Improving A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF organizational Leadership GENERAL RIDGWAY IN KOREA ..6-29 STRATEGIC STRATEGIC Leadership SKILLS ..7-2 Interpersonal Skills ..7-2 Conceptual Technical Section II STRATEGIC Leadership ACTIONS ..7-13 Influencing Actions ..7-13 Operating Improving Section III A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF STRATEGIC Leadership GENERAL OF THE army MARSHALL DURING WORLD WAR II ..7-26 Appendix A Roles and Relationships ..A-1 Authority ..A-3 Responsibility and Communications and the Chain of The Noncommissioned Officer Support Channel.

5 A-5 DA Civilian Support ..A-5 Appendix B Performance Attributes ..B-3 Appendix C Developmental The Leader s The Leader as a Counselor ..C-2 Leader Counseling Skills ..C-3 The Leader s Types of Developmental Counseling ..C-7 Approaches to Counseling ..C-10 Counseling The Counseling The Developmental Counseling Appendix D A Leader Plan of Action and the ECAS ..D-1 Preparation of an Preparation of a Leader Plan of Appendix E Character Appendix F The Constitution of the United States ..F-1 Source Notes-1 Glossary ..Glossary-1 Index ..Index-1 Examples Page COL Chamberlain at Gettysburg.

6 1-8 Small Unit Leaders Initiative in Normandy ..1-16 GEN Washington at Duty in Korea ..2-4 GA Marshall Continues to Serve ..2-6 MSG Gordon and SFC Shughart in Somalia ..2-8 WO1 Thompson at My Lai ..2-10 The Will to The Quick Reaction Platoon ..2-13 GA Eisenhower Forms Self-Control in BG Jackson at First Bull Character and Prisoners ..2-19 The Battle of the Bulge ..2-20 GA Eisenhower s Message ..2-20 The Qualification Report ..2-22 Soldiers Are Our The 96th Division on The K Company Visit ..3-5 Task Force Ranger in Somalia, 1993 ..3-6 Mix-up at the Superior Technology.

7 3-10 Changing a Unit Climate The New Squad The Checking Account ..4-3 The Rusty Rifles Incident ..4-5 Finding the Real Pulling Dragons Teeth ..4-7 The EFMB Test ..4-10 Technical Skill into Combat Power ..4-11 Task Force Solving a Training An Implied Mission and Leader Plan of Brief Solutions, Not Problems ..5-10 Trust Earned ..5-19 Replacements in the Page Reception on Christmas Eve ..5-22 SGT York ..5-24 Knowing Your People ..6-4 GEN Grant and the End of the Civil DA Civilian Support to Desert Innovative Reorganization ..6-8 GEN Grant at Vicksburg.

8 6-11 The Commander s Notebook ..6-14 The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment at The Paperwork Purge ..6-20 Allied Command During the Battle of the Strategic Flexibility in Haiti ..7-9 Show of Force in the Combat Power from a Good The D-Day Decision ..7-16 Multinational Resource Allocation ..7-19 World War II Strategic Assessment ..7-22 Change After Preface The army consists of the active component, army National Guard, army Reserve, and Department of the army (DA) civilians. It s the world s premier land combat force a full-spectrum force trained and ready to answer the nation s call.

9 The army s foundation is confident and competent leaders of character. This manual is addressed to them and to those who train and develop them. PURPOSE FM 22-100 is a single-source reference for all army leaders. Its purpose is three-fold: To provide Leadership doctrine for meeting mission requirements under all condi tions. To establish a unified Leadership theory for all army leaders: military and civilian, active and reserve, officer and enlisted. To provide a comprehensive and adaptable Leadership resource for the army of the 21st century. As the capstone Leadership manual for the army , FM 22-100 establishes the army s Leadership doctrine, the fundamental principles by which army leaders act to accom plish the mission and take care of their people.

10 The doctrine discusses how army val ues form the basis of character. In addition, it links a suite of instruments, publications, and initiatives that the army uses to develop leaders. Among these are AR 600-100, which establishes the basis for leader development doctrine and training. DA Pam 350-58, which describes the army s leader development model. DA Pam 600-3, which discusses qualification criteria and outlines development and career management programs for commissioned officers. DA Pam 600-11, which discusses qualification criteria and outlines development and career management programs for warrant officers.