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HOW LEADERSHIP IS TAUGHT AT SANDHURST AND HOW THESE LESSONS CAN BE APPLIED TO THE CIVILIAN WORLD RICK CHATTELL MBE ANDY

HOW LEADERSHIP IS TAUGHT AT SANDHURST AND HOW THESE LESSONS CAN BE APPLIED TO THE CIVILIAN WORLD RICK CHATTELL MBE ANDY ALLEN MBE. FORMAT. Introductions 5 Key areas to be covered: Selection of potential Leaders How Leadership is taught at Sandhurst

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HOW LEADERSHIP IS TAUGHT AT SANDHURST AND HOW THESE LESSONS CAN BE APPLIED TO THE CIVILIAN WORLD RICK CHATTELL MBE ANDY

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  1. HOW LEADERSHIP IS TAUGHT AT SANDHURST AND HOW THESE LESSONS CAN BE APPLIED TO THE CIVILIAN WORLD RICK CHATTELL MBE ANDY ALLEN MBE

  2. FORMAT • Introductions • 5 Key areas to be covered: • Selection of potential Leaders • How Leadership is taught at Sandhurst • Qualities of a Leader (Our view and yours) • The need for realistic training • A universally accepted crisis management process • Summary

  3. INTRODUCTIONS

  4. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

  5. Sandhurst History 1801 Estate purchased from William Pitt 1810-12 Old College built by John Saunders 1911 New College built

  6. THE ART OF WAR The conduct of war is an art, a skill requiring a combination of judgement to weigh up factors which can seldom be quantified precisely, insight to assess the value of information which may be inaccurate or misleading and flair to know when to be bold and when to be cautious. Army Field Manual – The application of force

  7. THE ART OF WAR (Replace war with business) The conduct of business is an art, a skill requiring a combination of judgement to weigh up factors which can seldom be quantified precisely, insight to assess the value of information which my be inaccurate or misleading and flair to know when to be bold and when to be cautious

  8. SELECTION FOR RMA SANDHURST Regular Commissions Board Mission “To select from the field of suitably qualified candidates, those with the potential qualities of character, ability and Leadership who should, after training, be able to command a sub-unit (platoon or troop) in the performance of common military tasks in peace and war”

  9. REGULAR COMMISSIONS BOARD • Can you assess and solve problems? • Can you make decisions under pressure? • Can you adapt to changing circumstances? • Can you communicate quickly and clearly? • Can you get the very best out of yourself and the • people around you?

  10. REGULAR COMMISSIONS BOARD • Mind – Mental aptitude profile – IQ • Body – Fit and robust enough • Soul – Personality and interaction - EQ

  11. HOW LEADERSHIP IS TAUGHT AT SANDHURST LEADERSHIP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECT TAUGHT, LEARNED AND PRACTICED AT SANDHURST WHY?

  12. Because Leadership is the key winning Ingredient in battle …and Leadership is the key winning Ingredient in business

  13. ACADEMY MISSION “Through Military training and education to develop the qualities of Leadership character and intellect demanded of an Army officer”

  14. HOW LEADERSHIP IS TAUGHT AT SANDHURST The composite approach • Qualities approach – What a Leader has to be as a person • Functional approach – What a Leader has to do to lead • Practical approach – Practice being and doing Leadership

  15. QUALITIES OF A LEADER? Task Provide words or phrases which you consider are the qualities of a leader

  16. Winston Churchill Margaret Thatcher Mahatma Ghandi What one leadership quality do these share? Adolf Hitler Mother Teresa Martin Luther King, Jr.

  17. What they must have? The Ability to Communicate

  18. PETER DRUCKER The most advanced management thinker of our time “THE WHOLE DISCUSSION IS A WASTE OF TIME!

  19. QUALITIES OF A LEADER NO universal acceptance!

  20. Leadership in an operational scenario Cambodia

  21. NORODOM SIHANOUK

  22. SALOTH SAR - AKA – ‘POL POT’

  23. DUCH ‘THE EXECUTIONER’

  24. MISSING INGREDIENTS • Courage • Willpower • Initiative • Integrity • Self confidence • Enthusiasm • Ability to communicate.

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