Tough leaders are usually seen as ogres. Their exacting demands and high expectations add to stress levels. And their obsessive compulsive behavior can have a negative effect on results if they don’t understand how to control stress to get positive results without serious negative reactions. The same kind of leadership challenge can be found in the Army. Management at all levels are faced with [...]

Good military leaders work hard to balance the positive and negative stress. Positive stress encourages high performance. Negative stress degrades individual and unit capability. The best leaders know how to use positive stress to get the most out of their personnel. And they know how to tone things down to when negative stress threatens productivity The Army is fanatic about training officers [...]