Quote Originally Posted by Bill Jakola View Post
Thus, I see the leader development strategy as an effort to arm leaders at every level with the mental agility and resilience required to conduct complex problem solving. Since, many things we need to accomplish are not in our control and, we have to rely on the assistance of others, like local political bosses, religious heads, and tribal chiefs, to achieve results; our leaders need the people skills to influence others. This requires more than just issuing orders at rifle point; it means team building, and all the other interpersonal skills to convince people to behave the way we desire.
If I may boil that down to:

"Well educated officers who can implement US National Policy by using a variety of means to get others, using force if required, to do their will."

If I have got this correct, when was this not the case? I understand the intent, but I can't see the novelty, unless the previous training was always inadequate. Is that what TRADOC does not want to admit?