HONOURABLE MENTION: Warden & Odlum: Positional Vs. Personal Leadership Power in the Officers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918

摘要

The above journal entries come from Lt. Colonel John Weightmann Warden, the competent and efficient leader of the 102nd Battalion who served beneath Brigadier General Victor Wentworth Odlum within the 11th Brigade, 4th Division. What is very clear from this journal entry is that he can “no longer stand” his commanding officers. What is less clear is why he, after building up his Warden’s Warriors since December of 1915, uncharacteristically left his unit in January 1918 to fight the Turks in Persia as part of Dunsterforce. Although he does not specifically state what caused his frustrations with Odlum, viewing this change may be more understandable within the context of the CEF’s leadership theory.