Leadership is the art and science of influencing and directing people to accomplish the assigned mission.

A leader’s ability to be successful depends on the two fundamental elements: understanding the mission to be accomplished; and understanding how to motivate, prepare, and direct their people to accomplish it. The Department of the Air Force (DAF) needs leaders to accomplish national objectives set for national security to defend the safety of our people and nation.

The DAF’s goal is to employ a process to enable the development of exceptional leaders capable of taking the DAF to the next level of excellence -- leaders who understand how to collectively leverage individual skills to accomplish the mission and who are capable to meet any challenge they face. It is the DAF’s goal to ensure that all future leaders are provided with the opportunity to receive the commensurate level of leadership development at the appropriate point in their career -- the right person for the right development at the right time.