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March 1, 2010

Towards a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy for Success: Developing Talent

By LTC Michael J Colarusso, COL David S Lyle, COL Casey Wardynski

Authors: LTC Michael J Colarusso, COL David S Lyle, COL Casey Wardynski
 

Developing leaders through experience, formal training, and education is a long-standing hallmark of the U.S. Army. Maintaining its excellence as a developmental organization requires vigilance, however. Authorized strength and inventory mismatches, an inverse relationship between responsibility and formal developmental time, and sparse nonoperational development opportunities are serious challenges the Army must address. Doing so requires a talent development strategy firmly rooted in human capital theory. Such a strategy will recognize the value of continuing higher education, genuinely useful evaluations, and the signals associated with professional credentials.

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