Visionary And Ethical Leadership Of General Curtis

Visionary and Ethical Leadership of General Curtis LeMay Master Sergeant Noah S. Vaughan United Sates Air Force Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy November 5th, 2014 Senior Master Sergeant Esteban Martinez Visionary and Ethical Leadership of General Curtis LeMay It’s late afternoon on March 9th, 1945. The sun was shining brightly through a scattered deck of clouds dotting the sky and there was a refreshing northeasterly breeze coming off the surrounding waters. General Curtis LeMay is standing in the thick tropical air of Northwest Field on the small Pacific island of Guam. He watches as over three hundred B-29 Superfortress bombers launch northward towards Tokyo where they will use new and unproven tactics for delivering the most devastating firebombing campaign in history. Through General LeMay’s vision and innovation he changed established doctrine of how bombers should operate in the European and Pacific theaters and enabled untold successes but at what cost to American values and law? My purpose is to show that General LeMay was a tremendous visionary leader although he made unethical choices and that I have been able to see times in my life where principles of his actions resonated with me. LeMay was a visionary leader due to his ability to adapt and win current wars while keeping the foresight to look ahead at what was needed to shape the Air Force to deter or win future wars. He was an unethical leader because whileShow MoreRelatedDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pages3 THE CRITICAL ROLE OF MANAGEMENT SKILLS The Importance of Competent Managers 6 The Skills of Effective Managers 7 Essential Management Skills 8 What Are Management Skills? 9 Improving Management Skills 12 An Approach to Skill Development 13 Leadership and Management 16 Contents of the Book 18 Organization of the Book 19 Practice and Application 21 Diversity and Individual Differences 21 Summary 23 SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL 24 Diagnostic Survey and Exercises 24 Personal Assessment of ManagementRead MoreI Love Reading Essay69689 Words   |  279 Pagesfrom practically nothing’ (J.A. Timmons, â€Å"The Entrepreneurial Mind†, 1989); ‘the creation of new economic opportunities’ (Wennekers and Thurik, â€Å"Linking Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth†, 1999); ‘creating and managing vision and demonstrating leadership’ (Wickham, â€Å"Strategic Entrepreneurship: A decision making approach to new venture creation and management†, 1998, page 34); ‘the ability to see and evaluate business opportunities’ (Meredith, â€Å"The Practice of Entrepreneurship†, 1982, page 3; seeRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pagesfact that the most recent phase of the human experience is usually covered only at the end of a multiterm sequence of world history units has meant that it often ends up becoming a rushed add-on of rather random, abbreviated capsule summaries and general overviews. In view of the fact that no phase of history can begin to match the twentieth century in terms of the extent to which it has shaped the contemporary world, this marginalization is particularly pernicious and has been at times literally