Army Leadership Board Study

Front 1

What FM covers Army Leadership?

Back 1

FM 6-22

Front 2

What does FM 7-0 cover?

Back 2

Training the Force

Front 3

Define Leadership.

Back 3

Leadership is influencing people--while providing purpose, direction, and motivation--while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization.

Front 4

What is purpose?

Back 4

Purpose gives subordinates the reason to act in order to achieve a desired outcome.

MY DEFINITION:
Purpose is the driving force for all actions.

Front 5

What is direction?

Back 5

Providing clear direction involves communicating how to accomplish a mission--prioritizing tasks, assigning responsibility, and ensuring subordinates understand the standard.

Front 6

What is motivation?

Back 6

Motivation supplies the will to do what is necessary to accomplish a mission.

Front 7

What are three principle ways leaders can develop others through which they provide knowledge and feedback?

Back 7

Counseling
Coaching
Mentoring

Front 8

A leader's effectiveness is dramatically enhanced by understanding and developing what areas?

Back 8

Military Bearing
Physical Fitness
Confidence
Resilience

Front 9

What is military bearing?

Back 9

The ability to maintain professionalism despite any circumstances.

Front 10

What is physical fitness?

Back 10

A sound state of health, strength, and endurance.

Front 11

What is confidence?

Back 11

Having assurance in yourself and your decisions.

Front 12

What is resilience?

Back 12

The ability to maintain focus on the mission despite any and all setbacks.

Front 13

What are the three core domains that shape the critical learning experiences throughout leader's and soldier's careers?

Back 13

Institutional training
Experience gained from operational assignments
Self-Development

Front 14

What are the Leader Actions?

Back 14

Influencing
Operating
Improving

Front 15

What are the three levels of leadership?

Back 15

Direct
Organizational
Strategic

Front 16

What are the Army Values?

Back 16

Loyalty
Duty
Respect
Selfless Service
Honor
Integrity
Personal Courage

Front 17

Attributes of an Army leader can be best defined as what an Army leader is. What are the attributes of an Army leader?

Back 17

A leader of character.
A leader with presence.
A leader with intellectual capacity.

Front 18

Core leader competencies are what an Army leader does. What are the core leader competencies?

Back 18

An Army leader leads.
An Army leader develops.
An Army leader achieves.

Front 19

Why must leaders introduce stress into training?

Back 19

...because the number one principle of training is to replicate battlefield conditions. War is stressful-thus training Soldiers in a stressful environment will improve their chances of survival and victory in combat.

Front 20

What are intended and unintended consequences?

Back 20

Intended consequences are the anticipated results of a leader's decisions and actions. Unintended consequences arise from unplanned events that affect the organization or accomplishment of the mission.

Front 21

What is communication?

Back 21

Communication is the flow or exchange of information or ideas from one person to another.

(or)

A process of providing information.

Front 22

Name the two barriers of communication.

Back 22

Physical
Psychological

Front 23

Name two physical barriers to communication.

Back 23

Noise of battle
Distance

Front 24

What is counseling?

Back 24

Counseling is the process in which a leader mentors, corrects, and assists a Soldier in their professional and self-development throughout their career.

Front 25

What are the three major categories of developmental counseling?

Back 25

Event counseling
Performance Counseling
Professional Growth counseling

Front 26

What are the three major factors that determine a leader's character?

Back 26

Army Values
Empathly
Warrior Ethos

Front 27

What is reverse planning?

Back 27

Reverse planning is a method in which you begin from the desired end state, then work your way backwards noting the required steps to get there.

Front 28

What must leaders do in order to assess subordinates?

Back 28

In order to assess suborinates, leaders must observe and record their Soldier's performance in all aspects.
Determine if they meet, fail, or exceed the expected standards.
Help soldiers improve their performance.

Front 29

What are the team building stages?

Back 29

Formation
Enrichment
Sustainment

Front 30

Name some things in a unit that affect morale.

Back 30

Mail
UCMJ
Supply
Billets
Mess

Front 31

What are beliefs?

Back 31

Convictions or assumptions derived from ones upbringing and cultural background.