Reproductive Leadership - The Difference between Straight Ahead and Fast Forward
Reproductive Leadership - The Difference between Straight Ahead and Fast Forward

Author(s): Mihai Daiescu, Radu Prioteasa
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: reproductive leadership; continuing development; VUCA environment; level 4 leader;
Summary/Abstract: Be it seen as a modern society need or just as a nowadays old dusty idea, leadership canactually make the difference in a military organization between “straight ahead” and “fastforward”.According to John C. Maxwell there are 5 levels of leadership: 1. Position leadership – peoplefollow because they have to; 2. Permission leadership – people follow because they want to;3. Production leadership – people follow because of what you have done for the organization;4. People development leadership – people follow because of what you have done for thempersonally; 5. Pinnacle – people follow because of who you are and what you represent.This article aims to emphasize the military organization need for leaders, especially for level4 leaders. As the technological evolution travels around the world with speed light, so shouldthe human resource development through leadership do.Level 4 leaders have the ability to empower others. They use their position, relationshipsand productivity to invest in their followers and develop them, until those followers becomeleaders in their own right. The result turns out to be reproduction. Level 4 leaders have theability to reproduce themselves.Seen from an economical/profitable point of view, leadership fills the space betweenstandard performance and continuing efficiency. How can we multiply leadership in less time sowe can have it all over our military organization and keep up with technological developmentspeed? The answer is simple again. Forming and using from abundance level 4 leaders in orderto develop other leaders. They are the ones that can exponentially multiply and speed up ourhuman resource development in a realistic pursuit of great performance.

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