A Marine Corps Leadership Principle for Parents. For personal and professional development, you must actively seek out challenging assignments. You must use initiative and sound judgment when trying to accomplish jobs that are required by your maturity. Seeking responsibilities also means that you take responsibility for your actions. Regardless of the actions of your children, the responsibility for decisions and their application falls on you.
Techniques in developing this principle are to:
Learn the duties of your immediate senior, and be prepared to accept the responsibilities of these duties
Seek a variety of leadership positions that will give you experience in accepting responsibility in different fields
Take every opportunity that offers increased responsibility
Perform every task, no matter whether it is life changing or seemingly trivial, to the best of your ability
Stand up for what you think is right. Have courage in your convictions
Carefully evaluate a subordinate’s failure before taking action against that subordinate
In the absence of orders, take the initiative to perform the actions you believe your senior would direct you to perform if present
