Army Worries about ‘Toxic Leaders’ in Ranks
Army Worries about ‘Toxic Leaders’ in Ranks by Greg Jaffe, Washington Post. BLUF: “A major U.S. Army survey of leadership and morale found that more than 80 percent of Army officers and sergeants had directly observed a “toxic” leader in the last year and that about 20 percent of the respondents said that they had worked directly for one… The survey also found that 97 percent of officers and sergeants had observed an “exceptional leader” within the Army in the past year.” The Army defines “toxic leaders” as “commanders who put their own needs first, micro-managed subordinates, behaved in a mean-spirited manner or displayed poor decision making.”