Transcript Seamanship and Navigation - American Association of State

United States
Naval Academy
Leadership Education & Development
CDR Wesley S. Huey, USN, Ph.D.
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Naval Academy Mission
“To develop Midshipmen morally, mentally and
physically and to imbue them with the
highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in
order to graduate
leaders who are
dedicated to a career of naval
service and have potential for future
development in mind and character to
assume the highest responsibilities of
command, citizenship and government.”
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USNA Graduate Attributes
Selfless
Inspirational
Proficient
Innovative
Articulate
Adaptable
Professional
The Officer Identity – “Leader of Professional
Character”
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The USNA Leader
Experience
How does USNA develop “Leaders of
Professional Character?”
– Education
• Embedded within broad, liberal, core curriculum
• Behavioral science-based leadership curricula
– Experiences
• Leaders must learn by doing
• Experiential leader programs are leadership laboratories –
experimentation, reflection, and growth
– Guided Reflection
• Importance of ‘reflective practice’
– LDMA
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Leadership Education
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USNA Leadership Education Continuum
Plebe Summer
4/C YEAR
3/C YEAR
2/C YEAR
1/C YEAR
Learning to
Follow
Preparing to
Lead
Ethics and Moral
Reasoning
Leadership
Theory and
Application
Character
Capstone/
Military Law
Followership
and
Officership
Introduction
Self
Perception
and
Awareness
Military
Values, SelfDiscipline, and
Motivation
Military Leader
Performance –
“Doing”
Leadership
- Exercising selfleadership
- Conducting selfassessment
- Understanding
self purpose
- Developing
personal vision
- Holding self
accountable
- Understanding
social influence
- Learning the
ethical framework
of officership
- Applying moral
reasoning
- Learning what it
means to kill with
honor
- Understanding
Character
- Understanding
Duty
- Building social
awareness and empathy
- Holding self and others
accountable
- Aligning personal and
organizational values
- Learning to manage
relationships
- Learning combat
leadership
Officership Identity
• Warrior
• Servant
• Standard Bearer
Followership
• Active and
exemplary
Developmental Focus
Self
Others
Profession
Military
Leader
Reflection
Seminar
- ‘Operationalizing’
character as a
junior officer
Law for the
Junior
Officer
- Operational law/
theories governing
the profession of
arms.
- Military
disciplinar
y
mechanis
ms.
Legal
issues and
Leadership Educational Program
Objectives
• USNA graduates will:
– Express a basic understanding of self and human behavior:
• Individual, interpersonal, and organizational
– Be capable of increasingly complex thought and application:
• Normative characteristics of ethics and law
• Relational, organizational and social systems
– Conduct analysis, synthesis, and evaluation:
• Leadership, moral character, and organizational values
• Feedback, individual and group assessment
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Experiential Leader Development
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The Experiential Leader Development Process
at USNA
• Three ELD Processes
– Priming leader role preparation
– Driving knowledge transfer to experience
– Guiding reflection to shape meaning and make learning stick
• Three ELD Touchpoints
– Follower: Knowing yourself, dealing with stress, being a
teammate
– Leader: Believing you can lead and then doing it
– Professional: Understanding the obligations and implications
of officership
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The Leader Development Pyramid
Experience
Responsibility
SelfKnowledge
Adversity
Followership
Intellectual
Base
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BACKUP SLIDES
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Intro Leadership Course
• NL110 – “Preparing to Lead”
– 600 per semester / 31 sections = 19.3 avg.
– Course Director:
– Faculty Advisors:
O-5 PMP
Civilian Ph.D.
• Course Themes
– Self-Leadership (learning, critical thinking, temperament,
strengths/weaknesses)
– Self-Management (goal setting, time management, human dynamics)
– Team Leadership (group dynamics, social influence, followership,
conflict management, interpersonal communication
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Military Ethics Course
• NE203 – “Ethics and Moral Reasoning for the
Naval Leader”
– 550 per semester / 36 sections = 15.3 avg.
– Course Director: O-6 DMP
Faculty Advisor: Civilian Ph.D.
• Course Themes
– Constitutional Ethics
– Objective Moral Theory (Utilitarianism, Moral Duty, Virtues
and Character, Natural Law)
– Justice, Ethics and Conduct of War
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Advanced Leadership Course
• NL310 – “Leadership Theory & Application”
– 550 per semester / 28 sections = 19.6 avg.
– Course Director:
– Faculty Advisor:
O-5 DMP
O-5 PMP
• Course Themes
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Motivation, performance counseling, goal setting
Leadership Theory (transactional, transformational, situational)
Personality, intelligence, emotional intelligence
Organizational culture, vision, change
Human factors in combat
Leader communication skills
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Military Justice Course
• NL400 – “Law for the Junior Officer”
– 525 per semester / 19 sections = 27.6 avg.
– Course Director:
O-4 JAGC
• Course Themes
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Courts Martial
Search and Seizure, Self-Incrimination
Military Investigations
Non-punitive measures, non-judicial punishment, administrative
separation
– Military Crimes
– International law, law of the sea
– Law of armed conflict, Rules of engagement
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