Leader Development

Question 1

What covers Army Leadership?

Answer 1

ADP 6-22

Question 2

What is Army Leadership?

Answer 2

Influencing others by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization

Question 3

What is “Mission Command”?

Answer 3

The Army’s approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision making and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation

Question 4

What is AR 600-20?

Answer 4

Army Command Policy

Question 5

What are the 3 levels of leadership?

Answer 5

Direct, Organizational, and Strategic

Question 6

What was the last book on leadership you read and what did you learn from it?

Answer 6

The 10th edition of the NCO Guide, in the NCO guide I learned where NCOs gain most of their knowledge and it comes from 3 categories, Operational, Institutional and Self Development.

Question 7

What are the three leader attributes?

Answer 7

Character, presence, and intellect

Question 8

What are the three leader competencies?

Answer 8

Leads, develops, and achieves

Question 9

What does character refer to?

Answer 9

Who the leader is; their internal identity

Question 10

What does presence refer to?

Answer 10

how others see the leader; their actions, demeanor, and appearance

Question 11

What does intellect refer to?

Answer 11

The ability and knowledge the leader possesses

Question 12

Why do leaders develop others?

Answer 12

to assume greater responsibility and increase expertise

Question 13

What are the four requirements of character?

Answer 13

Army Values, empathy, Warrior Ethos, and discipline

Question 14

What are the four requirements of presence?

Answer 14

Military and professional bearing, fitness, confidence, and resilience

Question 15

What are the five requirements of intellect?

Answer 15

Mental agility, sound judgement, innovation, interpersonal tact, and expertise

Question 16

What are the five requirements and expectations of “lead”?

Answer 16

Leads others, Extends influence beyond the chain of command, Builds trust, Leads by example, and Communicates

Question 17

What is the one requirement and expectation of “achieves”?

Answer 17

Gets results

Question 18

What are the four requirements and expectations of “develops”?

Answer 18

Fosters espirit de corps (a jealous regard for one’s own unit), prepares self, develops others, and stewards the profession

Question 19

What are the three principal ways that leaders can develop others?

Answer 19

Counseling, coaching, and mentoring

Question 20

Name things in a unit which affect morale

Answer 20

Food, military justice, mail, supply, and billeting

Question 21

What are the two barriers to communication?

Answer 21

Physical and psychological

Question 22

Describe the Be Know Do

Answer 22

Army leadership begins with what the leader must BE, the values and attributes that shape a leader’s character. Your skills are those things you KNOW how to do, your competence in everything from the technical side of your job to the people skills a leader requires. But character and knowledge while absolutely necessary are not enough. You cannot be effective, you cannot be a leader, until you apply what you know, until you act and DO what you must

Question 23

What are the Army Values?

Answer 23

Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, Personal Courage

Question 24

Be prepared to provide specific examples of the leadership attributes and competencies. For example, “On a daily basis, provide me an example of how a leader would display the intellect attribute?”

Answer 24

As an infantry team leader, I display expertise on a daily basis. PT is something we do every day and as such, I have the responsibility to be an expert at my level. To me, this means being able to safely and effectively lead my team through exercises. We frequently utilize kettle bell swings in our PT plan, but if my Soldiers do not perform the exercise correctly, they do not maximize their gain from the workout and worse could potentially injure themselves in a way that could have been prevented

Question 25

What is counterproductive/toxic leadership?

Answer 25

the demonstration of leader behaviors that violate one or more of the Army’s core leader competencies or Army Values, preventing a climate conducive to mission accomplishment

Question 26

Describe toxic leadership

Answer 26

Leadership incompetence as well as abusive, erratic, corrupt, and self-serving behaviors