The Leadership Difference
"At large companies human resource departments are typically disdained; at small companies hiring tends to be hit-or-miss, and training...is usually an afterthought. In contrast, the most prestigious slot for a Marine officer of almost any rank - the job that is hardest to get and that most clearly marks you for a likely rise to the top - is the one in which he or she is entrusted with the selection and training of other Marines."
-David H. Freedman,
Inc. Magazine, April 1998
"Can the Marines provide clues to forging and faster-acting, more adaptable organization? The military, with its legendary hidebound command-and-control habits, might strike some as the last place to look for nimbleness. As any Marine will tell you, though, the U.S. Marines are different."
-David H. Freedman,
Inc. Magazine, April 1998
Leadership in the Marine Corps
Confidence is one of many attributes that comes with the title 'Marine Officer.'
"The relation between officers and men should in no sense be that of superior and inferior nor that of master and servant, but rather that of teacher and scholar. In fact, it should partake of the nature of the relationship between father and son to the extent that officers are responsible for the physical, mental and moral welfare as well as the discipline and military training of the young men under their command."
-General Lejeune