Marine Corps Leadership Development

EFPB Task 24-04 MARFORS/MCCDC (TECOM): This EFPB directs commands to establish and conduct Force Preservation Councils at the O5 command level on a monthly basis for the active component and no less that semi-annually for the reserve component. Clear, formal process to elevate at-risk Marines and Sailors for command attention… …facilitate and force meaningful interaction between junior and senior Marines across the spectrum of leadership…

Marine Corps Leadership Interaction and Assistance Model Focused Self-Development Collaborative Leadership Involvement Direct Command Involvement Recurring Communication

Proposed Leadership Doctrine Hierarchy (Representative Example) Marine Corps Manual Joint Ethics Regulations NAVMC 2563 Armed Forces Officer MCDP 1 Warfighting MCDP 6 Command and Control MCXP X Marine Corps Leadership (Hierarchy Status TBD) MCDP 1-2 Campaigning MCWP X-11 Leading Marines MCWP X-21 Developing Marine Leaders MCDP 1-3 Tactics NAVMC 2660 USMC Leadership Program Beginning the Transformation MCRD PI MCO 12410.24 Civilian Leadership Development MCO 12410.24 CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MCXP X Leading Marines incorporates information from the current “Leading Marines” pub. PDOs for MCXP X Marine Corps Leadership; MCWP X-11 Leading Marines; and MCWP X-21 Developing Marine Leaders are at MCCDC (since Dec 10). NAVMC DIR 1500.58 Marine Corps Mentoring Program Guidebook MCO 1500.58 USMC Mentoring Program MCRP 6-11D Sustaining the Transformation INDEX Existing publication MCO 1500.56 Marine Corps Values Program MCO 1500.55 USMC Thinking and Decision-making Exercises Proposed publication MCRP 6-11B Marine Corps Values: A Users Guide for Discussion Leaders Publication to be re-written

Update Leadership Pubs - Status Proposed Leadership Pubs Hierarchy - Complete Proposed Leadership Doctrine Manual – Operating Draft Complete Re-write of MCWP X-11 – In Work Writing MCWP X-21 – In Work Draft PDOs for MCXP X; MCWP X-11; MCWP X-21 with MCCDC MCO 1550.58 – new draft complete NAVMC 1550.58 – working new draft, updating is taking longer than we thought FPC MCO Draft – complete, in MCATS for initial staffing

WRAP-UP Update Leadership Pubs – In work, draft Leadership Doctrinal Pub should be ready for staffing the end of the summer; others to follow. Improve Mentoring – Flesh out the concept for a Leadership Interaction and Assistance Program; write and rewrite the MCOs/Pubs; align in the Leadership T&E Continuum; gain CMC acceptance and approval. Write, staff, publish FPC MCO Because Counseling is primarily focused on the chain of command and unit mission accomplishment, it does not address critical aspects of senior/junior relationships, such as the various forms of mentoring. In many instances, the focal point of the Counseling program has become very negative, and is often used by Marine leaders as a way to document failures and possibly punish a Marine instead of providing constructive feedback (positive or negative). The Mentoring program attempts to rectify the inadequacies of the Counseling program by replacing the concept of counseling with the concept of mentoring; however, these leadership interactions are complementary, not interchangeable. The de-facto assignment of mentors has degraded the trust between mentors/protégés, establishing counter-productive limits to the relationship for both parties. Under the Mentoring program, a Marine’s mentor is his/her immediate senior, eroding a key concept of the mentoring process, the chemistry that leads mentors/protégés to establish rapport. The Mentoring program stressed only one type of mentoring, formalized, missing the opportunity to fully utilize the practices of informal, sponsorship, and developmental mentoring. NAVMC 1500.58 Marine Corps Mentoring Program Guidebook, a 148 page user’s guide, is overly long and cumbersome, with proclivity towards counseling vice mentoring. Adding to the confusion, the Marine Corps Mentoring Order and its primary guide, NAVMC Directive 1500.58, the Marine Corps Mentoring Program Guidebook, are contradictory regarding the role of the Marine Corps Counseling program. MCO 1500.58 states that the Marine Corps Mentoring program does not replace the Counseling program and NAVMC Dir 1500.58 states that it does replace it. In their current form, the Counseling program and the Mentoring program exist simultaneously which has had a negative impact on their execution. Complete

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