Weighty and hefty responsibilities : junior Canadian Army Officers, ideal leadership and the Second World War / Craig Leslie Mantle.: D4-15/2012-1E-PDF

"In everything, the ideal is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. During the Second World War, the Canadian Army, through a variety of written and verbal means, but especially through the Canadian Army Training Memorandum, endeavoured to communicate to young men the archetype of junior officer leadership. Above everything else, the army expected its newly commissioned officers to be paternalistic toward their men, competent in the execution of their duties and beyond reproach in their personal conduct. This was meant to help nascent leaders forge strong and effective teams that performed well in battle (or that executed their sundry duties in a credible manner if committed to a non-combatant role). By articulating and constantly reinforcing what junior officers should be, the Canadian Army demonstrated the ideal, the very lofty ideal, to which it hoped all would aspire and, with time and practice, become"--Executive Summary, page 1.

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