Difference Between Military And Non Military Leaders

Speaking from experience as a United States Marine Corps veteran, there is no doubt in my mind that military leaders exhibit the same, if not more qualities as organizational leaders. The leadership styles are very much the same, yet the conditions and circumstances that military leaders function in are usually vastly different than organizational leaders in the civilian community. The military is an organization with much of the same structures that other organizations are built upon. Both organizations follow a chain of command, have a structured promotional ladder, fulfill the organizations need for disciplined subordinates to accomplish a mission, provide training to subordinates and management to accomplish the mission, and rely on management to carry out the mission to completion. Yet the military organization is so much more over the top in regard to discipline and strict attention to detail because the lives and safety of each member depends on one another. The glaring difference between military and non-military leaders is that military leaders are too often dependent on younger individuals to fill those roles under extreme hardships that non-military leaders usually do not have to deal with. The stress that leaders in both organizations deal with to complete the mission are as different as night and day in most cases. After dealing with the complexities of combat, military leaders approach a non-military leadership position as if were a …show more content…
It’s just not the same, and I mean that with all of my heart. Your friends don’t die accomplishing a mission in the civilian sector. Accomplishing the mission under those types of circumstances tarnishes the achievement, but military leaders are so disciplined that you’re taught to shrug it off and keep going. Organizational leaders are rarely placed in that