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Q. What Army manuals govern Army Leadership? |
FM 6-22
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Q. Who is an Army leader? |
A. An Army leader is anyone who by virtue of assumed role or assigned responsibility inspires and influences people to accomplish organizational goals. |
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Q. What is leadership? |
A. Leadership is the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization. |
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Q. What are the three ways Army leaders influence others? |
A. Purpose, Direction, and Motivation |
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Q. Define Purpose |
A. Purpose is the reason to act in order to achieve a desired outcome. |
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Q. What is Direction? |
A. Direction involves communicating how to accomplish a mission: prioritizing tasks, assigning responsibility for completion, and ensuring subordinates understand the standard. |
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Q. Define Motivation |
. Motivation is the will to do what is necessary to accomplish a mission. |
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Q. What is the definition of Command? |
A. Command is the authority that a commander in the military service lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment. |
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Q. What are the attributes of an Army Leader? |
* Lives the Army Values * Shows Empathy * Lives the Warrior Ethos * Demonstrates Military Bearing * Is Physically Fit * Composed, Confident * Resilient * Displays Mental Agility * Uses Sound Judgment * Demonstrates Innovation * Uses Interpersonal Tact * Utilizes Domain Knowledge |
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Q. What Are the Core Leader Competencies? |
* Leads others * Extends influence beyond the chain of command * Leads by example * Communicates * Creates a positive environment * Prepares self * Develops others * Gets results |
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Q. What are the three levels of leadership? |
A. Direct, Organizational, Strategic |
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Q. What is Direct Leadership? |
A. Direct leadership is face-to-face or first-line leadership. |
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Q. What is Organizational Leadership? |
A. Organizational leaders influence several hundred to several thousand people. |
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Q. What is Strategic Leadership? |
A. Strategic leaders include military and Army civilian leaders at the major command through Department of Defense (DOD) levels. |
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What are the Army Values? |
* Loyalty * Duty * Respect * Selfless Service * Honor * Integrity * Personal courage |
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Define Loyalty |
Bearing true faith and allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, the Army, your unit, and other Soldiers |
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Define Duty |
Fulfilling your obligations |
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Define Respect |
Treat people as they should be treated |
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Define Selfless Service |
Put the welfare of the Nation, the Army, and subordinates before your own. |
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Define Honor |
Live up to all the Army Values. |
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Define Integrity |
Do what’s right—legally and morally. |
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Q. Define Personal Courage |
Face fear, danger, or adversity |
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Q. What is Empathy? |
A. The ability to see something from another person’s point of view |
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Q. What is the Warrior Ethos? |
A. The Warrior Ethos refers to the professional attitudes and beliefs that characterize the American Soldier. |
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Q. Define Leader Presence |
A. The impression that a leader makes on others that contributes to the success in leading them. |
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Q What four areas dramatically enhance a leader’s effectiveness? |
A. * Military bearing * Physical fitness * Confidence * Resilience |
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Q. What are the conceptual components affecting the Army leader’s intelligence? |
A. * Agility * Judgment * Innovation * Interpersonal Tact * Domain Knowledge |
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Q. Define Mental Agility |
A. Mental agility is a flexibility of mind, a tendency to anticipate or adapt to uncertain or changing situations. |
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Q. What is Sound Judgment? |
A. Sound judgment requires having a capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw feasible conclusions. |
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Q. What is Innovation? |
A. Innovation describes the Army leader’s ability to introduce something new for the first time when needed or an opportunity exists. |
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Q. Define Interpersonal Tact |
A. Effectively interacting with others depends on knowing what others perceive. |
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Q. List the two parts that define motivation? |
A. * Purpose: A need or desire for something that is unfulfilled or below expectations * Direction: Goals or other guides that direct the course of effort and behavior * Intensity: The amount of effort that is applied to meet a need or reach a goal |
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Q. When communicating to share information, the leader must acknowledge what two critical factors? |
* A leader is responsible for making sure the team understands the message. * A leader must ensure that communication is not limited to the traditional chain of command but often includes lateral and vertical support networks. |
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Q. Developing people and the organization with a long-term perspective requires what three things? |
* The leader must create a positive environment that fosters teamwork, promotes cohesion, and encourages initiative and acceptance of responsibility. * The leader must seek self-improvement. * The leader must invest adequate time and effort to develop individual subordinates and build effective teams. * Act as stewards of the profession, making choices and taking actions that ensure that leaders in the future sustain an Army capable of performing its core functions. |
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Q. What are the characteristics of a cohesive team? |
* Trusting each other and being able to predict what each other will do * Working together to accomplish the mission * Executing tasks thoroughly and quickly * Meeting and exceeding the standard * Thriving on demanding challenges * Learning from their experiences and developing pride in their accomplishments |