1. Establishing a Unit Leadership Development Program

2. Agenda Planning for a Leadership Development Program
Understand Resources Available
Timeline - “How Long Does it Take?”
Questions

3. Deliberate Planning Recommend using MCPP
Requires significant input from the Command Team
Must be nested in overall Long/Mid/Short Range Training Plans
Vision of Endstate Desired and Prioritizations of Time, People and Resources will Enhance Success

4. Mission Analysis Cmdr’s Intent IPB HHQ Mission and Intent
CG/CV guidance
Endstate Desired
IPB
Where are you now?
HHQ Mission and Intent
What does success look like for my boss?
Specified and Implied Tasks
Resource & SME Shortfalls
What skills do we have internal to our own unit?
What skills do we need to leverage from HHQ or the Base/Station?
Restated Mission Statement

5. Specified Tasks
Establish a command MCLD program and publish a command MCLD order.
Ensure that the six functional areas of leadership development are implemented into unit activities, such as training events.
Identify and assign (as required) command Key Leaders to act as advisors and instructors for leadership development training.

6. Specified Tasks Cont’d
Maintain a repository of unit specific-MCLD related documents, forms, templates, orders, and references. Be prepared to present said material during IGMC inspections. Commanding Officers are encouraged to assign a MCLD Coordinator (e.g., Sergeant Major, Senior Enlisted Advisor, or Executive Officer) to coordinate and manage MCLD efforts within the command.
Ensure minimum coaching/counseling guidelines are followed and documentation is maintained on assigned Marines and Sailors. Ensure regulations regarding storage and transfer of personally identifiable information are followed in accordance with MARADMIN 162/10 Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information.

7. Implied Tasks
What do you believe are some implied tasks associated with leadership development?

8. Recommended Implied Tasks
Form an OPT; conduct Mission Analysis
Identify “Key Leaders” to enhance aspects of the LD program
Conduct Interpersonal Communications Training across the unit with a focus on:
Coaching
Counseling
Mentoring
Develop an Assessment Plan
Develop a Recognition Plan
Share Best Practices within the Unit and with HHQ

9. The Best Leadership Resources are on the Morning Report
HITT
Unit PME Site
Marine Ldr
Notebooks
MARINE CORPS
BASE/STATION
MCMAP
Instructors
Former
Recruiters
“Key Leaders”
UNIT
Personal
Finance
Managers
MCFLCs
WEB-BASED
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10. Website Resources MCLD draft order Implementation Briefs
Sample Unit Orders
Best Practices
Leader Notebooks
Six F’s Resources
Discussion Board

11. Planning Timeline Week 1 Mission Analysis Week 2 COA Development
COA Wargame/Comparison & Decision
Week 4
Orders Development: Include contacting SME’s outside of unit
Week 5
Orders Development
Week 6
Transition
Week 7
Execute unit’s approved/signed order
- Developing a unit program consists of but not limited to including battle rhythm, communication plan, training plan, counseling folder layout, unit’s implementation brief
- Once approved by CO, conduct implementation briefs by rank groups and sought out NCO and Officer team members.
- Build a unit sharepoint site for Leadership development using many of the resources provided by LLI.

12. Notional Unit Training Plan
1st Qtr, FY XX
2d Qtr, FY XX
3d Qtr, FY XX
4th Qtr, FY XX
Individual Skills
Advanced Individual Skills
Small Unit Collective Events
Fidelity
Unit Corporal’s Course
Small Unit MOS/Common Skills Meet
Fighter
Unit Wide Collective Event
Fitness
Annual Training
Marriage Workshop
Family
Transition Ceremony
Finances
Future

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