The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual is the official manual for leadership training throughout the U.S. Army, from West Point Military Academy to ROTC programs, to officer training schools. Now companies of every size, from every industry, can learn and benefit from the principles of the organization that has made leadership its first order of business. Filled with powerful anecdotes of heroic leadership, The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual explains how to be a leader when lives hang in the balance. It will teach you how to earn the kind of trust and respect that holds a team and an organization together amid extreme challenges of any kind.

This manual is based on the wisdom of generations of Army leaders who have found that successful leadership under battlefield conditions must be based on character, trust, and competence. The Field Manual explains the basics of leadership common to any profession, from the personal qualities of a leader, to managing the people under your command. . More than 60 gripping vignettes and stories illustrate historical and contemporary examples of army leaders whose integrity, courage, and competence enabled them to accomplished great things.

The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual also provides:

* A leadership approach based on the army's core principles of "Be, Know, Do"

* Hands-on lessons to enhance training, mentoring, and decision-making skills

* Chapters on the roles and requirements for the three levels of leadership--Direct, Organizational, and Strategic

The Center for Army Leadership is responsible for officer training in the U.S. Army and is located at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.