We are facing a world where threats are continuously changing and multiple constraints being imposed on us. The United States Army is facing a complex environment as the country is continually moving away from conventional war. Today’s military leaders need to have the ability to meet the challenges of asymmetric warfare. Shrinking defense budget, expanded geographical area of operations and a combination of unconventional warfare impose additional constraints. Therefore, military leaders should always be ready to continuously improve the capacity to shape and adapt to ongoing changes and be able to accomplish more with less. Therefore, it is extremely important for our leaders to have the ability to influence others in order to gain compliance and commitment from not only our subordinates within the chain of command but also from