15/09/2026
The Joint Command and General Staff Course and Civil Servants’ Course have completed the three-week Leadership and Command Module 📚 at the Baltic Defence College.
Through lectures, syndicate activities 👥, discussions 💬, case studies 📋, and reflection, students examined leadership and management, followership, shared leadership, organisational culture, ethics, decision-making, resilience, mission command, and artificial intelligence in leadership 🤖.
The module brought together military practitioners, academics, and senior leaders from different nations 🌍. Their contributions encouraged students to challenge established assumptions, exchange professional experiences, and reflect critically on leadership in contemporary military organisations.
Among the contributors were LTC Isabella Lo Castro, who led the opening week on leadership concepts, competencies, followership, leadership theories, motivation, and toxic leadership; COL (ret) Martyn Forgrave, PhD, who explored organisational culture, learning organisations, leading change, and cultural differences; Dr Francisco Lobo, who guided students through ethics in organisations; and Dr Sarah Chapman Trim, who addressed the psychology of decision-making and leadership resilience.
The module also included sessions on coaching and mentoring and mission command delivered by COL George W. Hughbanks, Gender and Leadership led by MAJ Corey Anhorn ⚖️, and an AI and leadership panel featuring CAPT N (ret) William Combes. Students also benefited from leadership experience shared by senior military leaders from Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia. 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻
Coordinated by LTC Tommaso Formato, the module combined theory with practical application to support the development of reflective, adaptive, and responsible military leaders ⭐
