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Leadership Training Program Syllabus Academic Year 2013-2014

Course Administrator: Office: Phone: E-mail:

Col Chris "Mort" Bowman (USAF, Ret) Assistant Commandant for Leadership Programs Jenkins 216 843-953-6336 [email protected]

3 Jul 2013 MEMORANDUM FOR ALL CADETS AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEMBERS FROM: Assistant Commandant for Leadership Programs SUBJECT: Welcome, SY2013-2014 Leadership Training Program (LTP) 1. LTP is about leadership—period. 2. Some LTP subjects – like substance abuse or sexual assault – might seem more about leading and disciplining us as individuals. Being squared away personally is indeed a worthy goal. General Robert E. Lee had it right when he said, “I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.” Good personal character and conduct are “entry requirements” for leaders. It’s that simple. 3. But it is also true that, as future leaders, we will be responsible for creating a work place environment that encourages trust and teamwork. LTP offers us the opportunity to consider how we might teach and train our future teams in areas of personal conduct and respect among teammates. 4. Other LTP classes are directly about how to lead – like the discussions on leadership philosophy or what to say at a commander’s call. These courses are about “the practical” and designed to get us to put on paper, then practice how we actually intend to lead. 5. At a minimum, since TACs, faculty, ROTC staff, and cadet leaders teach all courses, every session is a chance to observe how someone leads in an LTP environment. Someone is modeling leadership at every session. 6. LTP is about preparing for the future. On the eve of becoming Prime Minister in May 1940, Winston Churchill wrote, “I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial.”1 With LTP, you are getting ready for the moment when it is your time to lead. Come to LTP with that mindset, use the time wisely, and you’ll absolutely mature as a leader. Honor—Duty—Respect

// signed-cwb-3 Jul 13 // CHRISTOPHER W. BOWMAN, Col, USAF (Ret) Assistant Commandant for Leadership Programs

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The Second World War, Volume I : The Gathering Storm (1948)

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Course Description: LTP is a four-year, progressive course designed to support your education and development as principled leaders. The program is part of the integrated Citadel Experience, involving curricular and other co-curricular activities. The program is a unifying, common leadership training experience for you and every cadet, regardless of your chosen career path after graduation. Specifically, the course provides education and training in leader development, the spirit of the honor code, ethical reasoning, substance abuse, human dignity, sexual harassment/sexual assault, and the career search. The course, typically taught in small, peer-group format also offers you other training opportunities and helpful experiences. The one-hour LTP session per week fosters cohesion; allows you to lead your peers; spurs thoughtful and constructive discussion on how to navigate challenges faced in the barracks and after graduation; and creates time and opportunity for teaching and mentoring in areas not specifically part of LTP or The Citadel Experience. In the main, LTP is taught by your respective company leadership development team—TAC, ROTC staff member, MECEP/STA 21, the unit faculty advisor, and company leaders. Experts and guest speakers will lead some sessions as well. Primary Course Objective: In concert with the full Citadel Experience, advance readiness to serve as a principled leader in chosen post-graduation profession. Additional objectives are to: 1. For leader development, appreciate the importance of standards and leading by example and develop team-building, direction-setting, alignment, and delegation skills. 2. For honor training, instill the spirit of the honor code into your personal character. 3. For ethical reasoning, develop the quality of mind and spirit to face up to ethical challenges firmly and confidently, without flinching or retreating. 4. For substance abuse, avoid risky behavior on a personal level and learn to create an environment that reduces the risk of others making poor personal choices. 5. For human dignity, learn to respect yourself and others and where to find helping resources. 6. For sexual harassment/sexual assault, create safe and respectful climate and learn where to seek help, if necessary. 7. For Career Search, leverage all Citadel resources and line yourself up for a job before graduation. Course standards: To successfully complete the four-year LTP curriculum, you must attend 80% or more of LTP activities. You must attain the 80% standard at the completion of each class year (e.g., 80% of 3C training must be completed to continue to 2C training). Attendance will be rigorously tracked and maintained for the duration of you Citadel career.

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While attendance is the primary metric, TACs, as the Commandant's representative for all training, have the authority to withhold your attendance if, in the TAC's judgment, you are unprepared for or disruptive to the learning experience of others.

Expectations: LTP events are mandatory. If unable to attend regularly scheduled training, you must attend a makeup session, typically held during a General Leave period. For in-season athletes, and prior to the start of each semester, the Commandant and Athletic Director, or their representatives, will schedule appropriate makeup training dates. This guidance is not intended to replace disciplinary action by your TAC, if appropriate. Rather, this guidance places emphasis where it should be - on training. Be on time and prepared for training. At minimum, you are required to bring a pen/pencil and paper to LTP. You will not use computers & phones except in support of training as directed by the instructor of record. If selected to teach an LTP session, you must review course material and develop your teaching plan early enough to gain TAC approval of your game plan NLT one day prior to the class.

Conduct of Training: Effective LTP will typically require the instructor of record to achieve the following: 1. Clearly establish the intended purpose or objective for the LTP session; 2. Create an environment, whereby cadets participate; 3. Incorporate Regimental interest items or upcoming events into the training; 4. Include relevant current events2; 5. Relate training to cadet life and post-graduation life; 6. Link every session to principled leadership3.

Primary Responsibility for Training: The company TAC is responsible for the effective training of his or her cadets. The company TAC will be present at LTP events. In cases of simultaneous training events, a TAC-appointed faculty or staff member will participate in the training session(s) where the TAC cannot attend. The company TAC, in coordination with the leadership development team, will determine the instructor of record and ensure appropriate level of preparation for all LTP events, except for cases where the instructor is specifically designated on the operations and training schedule. Specific names are typically listed for guest speaker and battalion-level training. 2

Recommend reviewing the Commandant's leadership website page for current events at http://www.citadel.edu/root/commandant-ltp/trainingresources. 3 Recommend reviewing the "quick point to ponder," again located on the Commandant's leadership website at http://www.citadel.edu/root/commandant-ltp/training-resources. Of note, there is a current PTP as well as an archive of past PTPs.

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Role of LTP Integrators: Regimental integrators are typically highly-experienced faculty/staff members and are principally charged with standardizing the program, assessing course instruction and content, and ultimately improving future training. They observe, participate, and assess training across all battalions and companies in order to recommend corps-wide improvement, and are therefore not assigned to any specific company. Specific duties include but are not limited to monitoring training sessions, to include documentation of course effectiveness and instructor skills; providing direct and constructive feedback to the instructor of record; leading or facilitating class discussion, as appropriate; and sharing personal leadership experience with cadets.

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Syllabus Electronic Materials available on the Commandant's LTP website at: http://www.citadel.edu/root/commandant-ltp/training-resources

Key Dates: 28 Aug 31 Aug 4-6 Oct 9 Oct 23 Oct 1-3 Nov 16 Nov 22 Nov-1Dec 18 Dec-12 Jan 22 Feb TBD 12-14 Mar 14-16 Mar 21-30 Mar 12 Apr 10 May

Classes begin Judgment Index Training (2C & 4C) Parents’ Weekend Career Day Leadership Day Homecoming Commandant’s Inspection Fall Furlough Winter Furlough President’s Inspection Career Day Leadership Symposium Corps Day Weekend Spring Furlough Recognition Day Graduation – SCCC Class of 2014

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Key Concepts and Definitions: Principled leadership is influencing others to accomplish organizational goals while adhering to the organization’s core values. The Citadel Experience provides every cadet the education, training, and experience to start their chosen post-graduation profession as a principled leader. The Citadel Experience - rooted in the core values in Honor, Duty, & Respect – produces principled leaders by requiring cadets to learn and attain standards in all FOUR areas of instruction, known as the four pillars With the Academic pillar, a cadet gains an appreciation for the importance of lifelong learning and study for a principled leader. A graduate is required to attain an accredited baccalaureate degree, as certified by the Provost. With the Military pillar, a cadet gains an appreciation for the importance of personal discipline and team skills for a principled leader. A principled leader must be adept at leading oneself as well as working as part of and leading teams toward a goal. A graduate is required to demonstrate standards in personal appearance and discipline, team skills as a follower, and in the leadership skills of organization, planning, setting direction and expectations, delegation, and follow up, as certified by the Commandant. For Physical Effectiveness pillar, a cadet learns to appreciate the role appearance, fitness, and endurance play in a principled leader’s life. A graduate is required to achieve standards on The Citadel fitness test and maintain school height and weight standards, as certified by the Commandant. For the Moral-Ethical pillar, a cadet learns to appreciate the importance of values and ethics in the decision-making of a principled leader. A graduate is required to demonstrate proficiency in the concepts of ethical reasoning in the practice of daily duty as a cadet, as dual-certified by the Director of the Krause Center & the Commandant. Honor: First and foremost honor includes adherence to the Honor Code of The Citadel. A cadet “will not lie, cheat or steal, nor tolerate those who do”. The commitment to honor extends beyond the gates of The Citadel and is a life-long obligation to moral and ethical behavior. In addition, honor includes integrity; “doing the right thing when no one is watching”. Finally, honorable behavior includes exercising the moral courage to “do the right thing when everyone is watching”. The Honor Code is the foundation of our academic enterprise. “Honor is the capacity to control the instinctive selfishness that lurks in all of us. It is the tough case-hardened ability to put morality ahead of expediency, duty ahead of deviousness – and to do it instinctively and every time. Honor also means pride in excellence – of every kind; especially excellence of performance.”--General Mark Clark

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Duty: First and foremost duty means to accept and accomplish the responsibilities assigned to me. At The Citadel, my primary duty is to perform academically and then to perform as a member of the Corps of Cadets and the campus community. I accept the consequences associated with my performance and actions. Once I have held myself accountable for my actions, then I will hold others accountable for their actions. Finally, duty means that others can depend on me to complete my assignments and to assist them with their assignments. Duty is also a call to serve others before self. “Duty is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more. You should never wish to do less.”—General Robert E. Lee Respect: First and foremost respect means to treat other people with dignity and worth – the way you want others to treat you. Respect for others eliminates any form of prejudice, discrimination, or harassment (including but not limited to rank, position, age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, physical attributes, etc.). In addition, respect for others means to respect the positions of those in authority which include faculty, staff, administrators, active duty personnel and the leadership of the Corps of Cadets. Finally, respect includes a healthy respect for one’s self. "The discipline which makes the soldier of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment. On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy then to make an army. It is possible to impart instructions and give commands in such a manner and in such a tone of voice to inspire in the soldier no feeling, but an intense desire to obey, while the opposite manner and tone of voice cannot fail to excite strong resentment and a desire to disobey. The one mode or the other of dealing with subordinates springs from a corresponding spirit in the breast of the commander. He who feels the respect which is due to others cannot fail to inspire in them regard for himself while one who feels, and hence manifests disrespect towards others, especially his inferiors, cannot fail to inspire hatred against himself." 
 --MG John M. Schofield
 (in an address to the corps of cadets 11Aug1879)

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Commander's Call: 1830 - C,G,L,O,PB [Asgn Clrms]

Commander's Call: 1830 - B,F,K,P [Asgn Clrms]

Commander's Call: 1830 - D,H,R,S [Asgn Clrms]

AD/SA 2-1 Rules of the Road [Co Clrms]

PRACTICE PARADE

PRACTICE PARADE

Thurs - Dec 5

Tues - Dec 3

Nov 22-Dec 1 FALL FURLOUGH

GREATER ISSUES

ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE VIDEOTAPED

H 2-2 2C Honor Training [Co Clrms] Judgment Index Outbrief [Buyer Aud]

FALL FURLOUGH

HD 2-1 Suicide Awareness [Co Clrms]

Feedback Training 1830 [Asgn Clrms] D,H,M,T,V

Tues - Nov 19

Thurs - Nov 21

Feedback Training 1830 [Asgn Clrms] C,G,L,R,S

GREATER ISSUES

PRACTICE PARADE

CS 2-1 Building an Effective Resume [Bn Clrms]

Feedback Training 1830 [Asgn Clrms] B,F,K,O,PB

Mentor Program [Top9/Cdrs/Ath Ldrs] [Greater Issues Room, MCH]

Tues - Nov 12 Tues - Nov 12

Tues - Nov 5

Tues - Nov 5

Thurs - Oct 31 Feedback Training 1830 [Asgn Clrms] A,E,I,N,P,RBD

Thurs - Oct 31

PRACTICE PARADE

LEADERSHIP EDUCATION DAY NO CLASSES

LEADERSHIP EDUCATION DAY NO CLASSES

Wed - Oct 23 PRACTICE PARADE

H 2-1 Refresher Training [Co Clrms]

Setting a Positive Leadership Environm ent/Countering Hazing [Asgn Clrm s]

Tues - Oct 22

Tues - Oct 29

AD/SA 2-3 Healthy Lifestyles [MFH-males; TBD females]

AD/SA 1-1 Rules of the Road [Bn Clrms]

GREATER ISSUES

Tues - Oct 15

PRACTICE PARADE

GREATER ISSUES

Tues - Oct 1

Tues - Oct 8

AD/SA 2-2b Discussion of Guest Speaker SA/SH 1 in 4 Training - 1st Bn Males [Co Clrms] ONLY [RCRR]

CS 1-1 Ace the Interview [Bn Clrms]

Tues - Sep 24

Thurs - Oct 10

AD/SA 2-2a Guest Speaker:Brett Sokolow "Drunk Sex or Date Rape" [MFH]

Mentor Program [Top9/Cdrs/Ath Ldrs] [Greater Issues Room, MCH]

Tues - Sep 17

SA/SH 1 in 4 Training - 4th Bn Males ONLY [RCRR] H 3-2 3C Honor Training [Co Clrms]

FALL FURLOUGH

SA/SH 1 in 4 Training - 3rd Bn Males ONLY [RCRR]

GREATER ISSUES

Being the Example [It's Your Ship] [Co Clrms]

PRACTICE PARADE

PRACTICE PARADE

LEADERSHIP EDUCATION DAY NO CLASSES

SA/SH 1 in 4 Training - 2nd Bn Males ONLY [RCRR]

Setting a Positive Leadership Environm ent/Countering Hazing [Asgn Clrm s]

GREATER ISSUES

PRACTICE PARADE

CS 3-1 What is your Career Path? [Bn Clrms]

Setting a Positive Leadership Environm ent/Countering Hazing [Asgn Clrm s]

H 3-1 UC Refresher Training [Co Clrms]

AD/SA 3-1 Rules of the Road [Co Clrms]

3C Training

H 1-1 Refresher Training [Bn Clrms]

Thurs - Sep 12 Commander's Call: 1830 - M,T,V [Asgn Clrms]

Tues - Sep 10 Tues - Sep 10

Tues - Sept 10 1100-1300 Hazing Workshop for Commanders + HA Teams [RCRR]

Sat - Aug 31 Tues - Sep 3 Thurs - Sep 5

LD 2-2 Judgement Index Introduction [MFH]

Date 1C Training 2C Training Thurs - Aug 29 Commander's Call: 1830 - A, E, I, N, RBD [Asgn Clrms]

Leadership Training Program - Fall 2013

Judgment Index Outbrief [MFH]

FALL FURLOUGH

GREATER ISSUES

PRACTICE PARADE

PRACTICE PARADE

LEADERSHIP EDUCATION DAY NO CLASSES

HD 4-2 Suicide Awareness [Co Clrms]

GREATER ISSUES

PRACTICE PARADE

H 4-4 Spirit of the Honor Code [Co Clrms]

LD 4-3 Judgement Index Complete Exercise [Barracks]

LD 4-3 Judgement Index Introduction [MFH] Test in Barracks Following

4C Training

AS OF: 25 JUN 2013

Please note: This schedule of assignments is subject to change in order to accommodate events in support of the course objectives, such as current leadership events or speakers at The Citadel.

Course Schedule

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This syllabus is subject to changes.

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1C Training

2C Training

3C Training

Commander's Call: 1830 - B, F, K, O, PB [Asgn Clrms]

Tues - Jan 21 Tues - Jan 21

Tues - Apr 22

Thurs - Apr 17

Tues - Apr 15

Thurs - Apr 10

Tues - Apr 8

TBD

Tues - Apr 1

Tues - Mar 18 Mar 21-30

GREATER ISSUES

GREATER ISSUES

Revisiting Personal Leadership Philosophy [Co Clrms]

SPRING FURLOUGH

ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE VIDEOTAPED

Officer Duties - Key Leaders Only [Assigned Clrms]

Mentor Program [Rising Top 9/Cdrs/SGMs/1Sgts/Ath Ldrs][Greater Issues Room, MCH]

CS 2-2 Networking Skills [Bn Clrms]

Mentor Program [Rising Top 9/Cdrs/SGMs/1Sgts/Ath Ldrs][Greater Issues Room, MCH]

SPRING FURLOUGH

PARADE PRACTICE

Mentor Program [Top9/Cdrs/Ath Ldrs] [Greater Issues Room, MCH]

PARADE PRACTICE

PARADE PRACTICE

LD Ethics II [QEP] [Co Clrms]

President's Inspection Prep

Transition>Recognition Trng H 4-5 Honor as an Upperclassman [Co Clrms]

SPRING FURLOUGH

GREATER ISSUES

PARADE PRACTICE

PARADE PRACTICE

SH/SA 4-3 Speaker:Paul Jones "Mental Health" [MFH]

President's Inspection Prep

CS 4-2 What can I do with this major? [Bn Clrms]

H 4-5 Refresher [Co Clrms]

4C Training

AS OF: 12 Jun 2013

NCO Duties - Key Leaders Only [Assgnd Clrms]

Transition>Recognition Trng "What am I After Recognition" [Co Clrms]

Transition>Recognition Trng Alumni Seminar [Assgn Clrms] Transition>Recognition Trng SA/SH 1 in 4 Training - 5th Bn Males Standards Enforcement as an UC ONLY [RCRR] [Co Clrms]

SPRING FURLOUGH

LD Ethics I [QEP] [Co Clrms]

GREATER ISSUES

PARADE PRACTICE

PARADE PRACTICE

CS 3-2 Summer Internships/Jobs [Bn Clrms]

President's Inspection Prep

SH/SA 3-1 Speaker:David Coleman "Relationships" [MFH]

Developing Personal Leadership Philosophy [Co Clrms]

PARADE PRACTICE

Mentor Program [Top9/Cdrs/Ath Ldrs] [Greater Issues Room, MCH]

Tues - Feb 25

Tues - Mar 4 Tues - Mar 11 Thurs - Mar 13

President's Inspection Prep

HD 1-1 Suicide Awareness [Bn Clrms]

H 3-3 Refresher [Co Clrms]

AD 3-2a Speaker:Group Discussion [Co Clrms]

AD 3-2a Speaker:Mark Sterner "DUI - A Powerful Lesson" [MFH]

Mentor Program [SGMs/1Sgts/Ath Ldrs]-[Greater Issues Room, MCH]

Commander's Call: 1830 - D, H, M, T, V [Asgn Clrms]

Tues - Feb 18

Tues - Feb 11

Tues - Feb 4

Tues - Jan 28

Tues - Jan 28

Thurs - Jan 23 Commander's Call: 1830 - C, G, L, R, S [Asgn Clrms]

CS 1-2 Career Success after The Citadel [Bn Clrms]

Thurs - Jan 16 Commander's Call: 1830 - A, E, I, N, P, and RBd [Asgn Clrms, except RBd in rehearsal hall]

Date

Leadership Training Program - Spring 2014