FM 6-22 Developing Leaders (2022. 11. 1.)

Description

Foreword

Developing leaders is an important part of stewarding our profession, the profession of arms. The U.S. Army’s asymmetric advantage in this volatile and complex world is our leadership at echelon. No other Army in the world can match us; frankly speaking, we have the best people.

I firmly believe that leaders are made and not born, and thus require a significant investment of time and energy to develop. FM 6-22 assists in this quest and applies to all leaders at echelon, from fire team to division. It provides specifics and examples of how to develop leaders, including oneself. This doctrine walks through a range of developmental activities that focus on feedback, practice, and study.

This manual tells the reader how an Army leader looks and acts. Mastery of this doctrine is a wise investment of a professional Soldier’s time.

THEODORE D. MARTIN
LIEUTENANT GENERAL, UNITED STATES ARMY
COMMANDING

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Preface

FM 6-22, Developing Leaders provides a doctrinal framework covering methods for how leaders develop other leaders, improve their organizations, build teams, and develop themselves. The title change reflects the manual’s emphasis on developing leaders at the direct and organizational levels. FM 6-22 emphasizes the active process of teaching, training, coaching, mentoring, study, and learning required for developing Army leaders. Development does not merely happen because of established institutional and administrative policies; developing leaders requires deliberate intent and genuine engagement by raters, senior raters, instructors, trainers, support personnel, and the leaders themselves.

Leadership is fundamental to Army operations as an element of combat power; subsequently developing leaders requires an understanding of related doctrine. To comprehend FM 6-22, readers should be familiar with the fundamentals of leadership, attributes, and competencies in ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession; understand the nature and fundamentals of operations as described in ADP 3-0, Operations; and be able to exercise command and control as described in ADP 6-0, Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces. The leader attributes and competencies are common to all Army leaders. Each branch identifies the technical and tactical knowledge, skills and abilities required of leaders to perform their duties at specific grades and positions. As the operations process is the framework for exercising command and control, readers must also understand the fundamentals of the operations process established in ADP 5-0, The Operations Process.

The principal audience for FM 6-22 is all Army leaders, military and civilian. FM 6-22 serves as a primary aid to leaders to develop individuals and cohesive teams from the division down with a focus on company to brigade levels. Trainers and educators throughout the Army use this manual.

Commanders, staffs, and subordinates must ensure that their decisions and actions comply with applicable U.S., international, and in some cases host-nation laws and regulations. Commanders at all levels will ensure that their Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and applicable rules of engagement. (See FM 6-27).

FM 6-22 uses joint terms where applicable. Select joint and Army terms and definitions appear in the glossary and text. Terms where FM 6-22 is the proponent publication are marked with an asterisk (*) in the glossary. Definitions for which FM 6-22 is the proponent publication are boldfaced in the text. For other definitions shown in the text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition.

This publication incorporates copyrighted material.

FM 6-22 applies to the Active Army, Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated.

The proponent of FM 6-22 is Headquarters, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. The preparing agency is the Center for the Army Profession and Leadership (CAPL), U.S. Army Combined Arms Center–Mission Command Center of Excellence.