6A. Leadership Levels Flashcards

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Foundational Competencies

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Competencies:

  1. Shifts to broader focus as Amn progress
  2. Operate successfully across the widest array of tasks
  3. Adapt in a constantly changing environment
  4. Broadly applicable across AF members
  5. Form the framework for Force Development
  6. Spans all occupations, functions, and orgs
  7. Introduced to the junior enlisted tier

Major Categories:

  1. Developing Self
  2. Developing Others
  3. Developing Ideas
  4. Developing Organizations
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Leadership Skills

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Levels:

  1. Tactical Expertise
  2. Operational Competence
  3. Strategic Vision
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Tactical Expertise

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Competency:

  1. General understanding of team leadership
  2. Appreciation for organizational leadership

Focus:

  1. Master core duty skills
  2. Gain experience
  3. Begin acquiring knowledge
  4. Adopt AF core values
  5. Assimilate to AF culture

Role:
1. Primary technicians/specialists

Leadership Skills:

  1. Honing followership
  2. Motivating subordinates
  3. Influencing peers
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Continuum of Learning

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Definition:

  1. Career long process of development
  2. Education & training
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Operational Competence

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Focus:

  1. Broader understanding of AF
  2. Integration of diverse people
  3. Capabilities in operational execution

Leadership Skills:

  1. Transition from specialist to leader
  2. Both leader and follower
  3. Apply an understanding of organizational & team dynamics
  4. Lead teams
  5. Take care of people
  6. Take advantage of diversity
  7. Foster collaborative relationships through building teams
  8. Negotiate with others, often external to org
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Force Development Construct

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Definition:

1. Links developmental needs with foundational competencies through the continuum of learning

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Civilians

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Provide corporate knowledge

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Strategic Vision

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Competencies:

  1. Highly developed personal/people/team institutional competencies
  2. Apply broad organizational competencies
  3. Lead & direct exceptionally complex multitiered orgs

Leadership Skills:

  1. Deep understanding of how Amn achieve synergistic results & desired effects
  2. Understands operational & strategic arts
  3. Thorough understanding of Unit, Air Force, Joint & Coalition Forces
  4. Develop an enterprise perspective to accomplish strategic objectives

Focus:
1. The effects an Amn can have across AF & DOD

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Officer Force Structure

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O1-O3 - Company Grade Officer
O4-O6 - Field Grade Officer
O7-O10 - General Grade Officer

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Core Competencies

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Definition:

  1. Big picture concepts
  2. Air Force is expected to do/know all of the time
  3. At the heart of the orgs reason for being
  4. Special abilities/qualities that Amn collectively posses
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Occupational Competencies

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Definition:
1. Required of Amn within a specific workforce specialty

Competencies:

  1. Technical/functional knowledge
  2. Skills needed to perform that function’s mission
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