According to Kusy and Holloway (2010), there are four strategies a leader can implement at the team level to prevent and reduce toxicity in the organization. These four strategies include selecting the right team members in the first place, translating your organizational values to the team level, engaging leaders to integrate values within teams, and finally conducting a 360-degree team assessment (Kusy & Holloway, 2010).
General Shelton was clear that effective and involved leadership was an integral part in meeting the mission. General Shelton also believed that ineffective leadership, such as toxic leaders, didn’t have a place in an organization such as the armed forces. Lipman–Blumen (2005) identified four strategies to survive and overcome …show more content…
The first strength is the ability to lead, inspire, and provide an ethical model to his peers and subordinates in an attempt to achieve an objective. General Shelton also believed in building relationships with members of other organizations as well as other organizations located throughout the world. These relationships are crucial for dialogue, handling internal and external issues, and having unbiased feedback and resources needed in variety of fronts. The second strength is his ability to not forget about the front line employees. As a General Officer, General Shelton participated in combat jumps and checked on the front line troops in training environments as well as in war zones to get first-hand accounts on conditions and checked on the troop’s …show more content…
An example of an international issue where General Shelton challenged a process concerned a situation in which the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wanted to deliberately place an American plane in harm’s way in Iraq that could have resulted in the death of Air Force Personnel. This deliberate act would have resulted in a false justification for attacking Iraq. General Shelton’s outspokenness may have been perceived by Donald Rumsfeld as insubordination, but General Shelton demonstrated integrity and tactical prowess and refused to put service members in danger. After the aforementioned incident, General Shelton decided to share his experience with the other Chiefs of Staff so they could see the true intentions of Donald Rumsfeld. General Shelton’s reputation had been documented with many examples of his integrity and honor resulting in the Chiefs of Staff supporting General
General Shelton was clear that effective and involved leadership was an integral part in meeting the mission. General Shelton also believed that ineffective leadership, such as toxic leaders, didn’t have a place in an organization such as the armed forces. Lipman–Blumen (2005) identified four strategies to survive and overcome …show more content…
The first strength is the ability to lead, inspire, and provide an ethical model to his peers and subordinates in an attempt to achieve an objective. General Shelton also believed in building relationships with members of other organizations as well as other organizations located throughout the world. These relationships are crucial for dialogue, handling internal and external issues, and having unbiased feedback and resources needed in variety of fronts. The second strength is his ability to not forget about the front line employees. As a General Officer, General Shelton participated in combat jumps and checked on the front line troops in training environments as well as in war zones to get first-hand accounts on conditions and checked on the troop’s …show more content…
An example of an international issue where General Shelton challenged a process concerned a situation in which the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wanted to deliberately place an American plane in harm’s way in Iraq that could have resulted in the death of Air Force Personnel. This deliberate act would have resulted in a false justification for attacking Iraq. General Shelton’s outspokenness may have been perceived by Donald Rumsfeld as insubordination, but General Shelton demonstrated integrity and tactical prowess and refused to put service members in danger. After the aforementioned incident, General Shelton decided to share his experience with the other Chiefs of Staff so they could see the true intentions of Donald Rumsfeld. General Shelton’s reputation had been documented with many examples of his integrity and honor resulting in the Chiefs of Staff supporting General