Successful Leadership Attributes Include Professional Competence

Successful Leadership Attributes Include Professional Competence
General Taylor asserts that successful leadership attributes include professional competence, intellectual capacity, strength of character and inspirational qualities. These attributes are often taught formally in air force education through leadership theories, case studies, and other published materials. For example, professional competence is taught in the Air Force Doctrine Publication 1, which expresses why leaders need to be competent in conducting missions (U.S. Air Force 2021). The leadership theory and competency framework by Bolden et al. (2003) also reflect how professional competence attributes are taught. In Airforce, leadership is labelled as the ‘warrior’s art’ by Kolenda (2001), who also highlights a leader's inspiration and intellectual capacity. These attributes are taught as part of leadership theories and are often used to describe what military leaders in the air Force have done or accomplished in the past by possessing these qualities. Through his own experiences and those of other military leaders, Taylor (1977) teaches the need to h...