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While the new SAF Leadership Framework spells out the SAF's doctrinal view on what is leadership, SCLD has also identified a need for a set of principles to guide our thinking on how to develop leadership. To date, there has been a tendency in many SAF Schools to think of leadership development in terms of lessons and periods in a training curriculum. The academic literature however shows that it is useful to take a process view rather than a piecemeal approach to leadership development. For example, some of the key processes in LD are the experiential learning cycle and the social learning processes (eg, role modelling, learning by observation). Recent scientific literature also shows that leadership development should also engage aspects of self-reflection, eg, self-awareness, self-understanding, self-monitoring.
In 2001, the psychologists now present in SCLD worked with the SAF Army Officer Advanced School to conduct preliminary trials of enhanced leadership development processes in its courses. These trials aimed to explore the effectiveness of various tools and processes, e.g., learning organisation principles and practices, team building for team learning, etc, in enhancing the leadership development experience of trainees. It was through these trials that the SCLD has gained greater understanding of the components and principles needed to guide leadership development processes in the SAF.
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Last updated on 29 Sep 2006
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