ADP 6-22 / ADRP 6-22 - Army Leadership

Question 1

What ADP/ADRP covers Army Leadership?

Answer 1

ADP/ADRP 6-22.

Question 2

What is the purpose of ADP 6-22, Army Leadership?

Answer 2

ADP 6-22 establishes the fundamental principles by which Army leaders accomplish their missions and care for their people.

Question 3

What is leadership?

Answer 3

Leadership is the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization.

Question 4

What is an Army Leader?

Answer 4

An Army leader is anyone who by virtue of assumed role or assigned responsibility inspires and influences people to accomplish organizational goals.

Question 5

What does an Army Leader do?

Answer 5

Army leaders motivate people both inside and outside the chain of command to pursue actions, focus thinking and shape decisions for the greater good of the organization.

Question 6

What is vital to develop the knowledge necessary to lead?

Answer 6

Education, training and experience.

Question 7

What are two important types of leadership that do not adhere entirely to hierarchical levels of authority?

Answer 7

Informal and collective leadership

Question 8

What is informal leadership?

Answer 8

Informal leadership manifests itself through knowledge, experience or technical expertise.

Question 9

What is collective leadership?

Answer 9

Collective leadership refers to the combined effects and synergies when leaders at different levels synchronize their leadership actions to achieve a common purpose.

Question 10

What is command?

Answer 10

Command is the authority that a commander in the armed forces lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment.

Question 11

What is mission command?

Answer 11

Mission command is the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander’s intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations.

Question 12

What conveys the expectations that the Army wants leaders to meet?

Answer 12

The Leadership Requirements Model.

Question 13

What is the purpose of the Leadership Requirements Model?

Answer 13

The Leadership Requirements Model conveys the expectations that the Army wants leaders to meet.

Question 14

What are the leader attributes?

Answer 14

Character, presence and intellect.

Question 15

What are leadership attributes?

Answer 15

Leadership attributes are characteristics internal to a leader. Attributes shape how an individual behaves and learns in their environment.

Question 16

What are leadership competencies?

Answer 16

Leadership competencies are groups of related actions that the Army expects leaders to do—lead, develop and achieve.

Question 17

What are the three categories of competencies?

Answer 17

• The Army leader serves to lead others.
• The Army leader serves to develop the environment, themselves, others and the profession as a whole.
• The Army leader serves to achieve organizational goals.

Question 18

The category of leads encompasses five competencies. What are they?

Answer 18

• Leads others.
• Extends influence beyond the chain of command.
• Builds trust.
• Leads by example.
• Communicates.

Question 19

The category of develops encompasses four competencies. What are they?

Answer 19

• Creating a positive environment.
• Prepares self.
• Develops others.
• Stewards the Profession

Question 20

he category of achieve encompasses one competency. What is it?

Answer 20

• Gets results

Question 21

What does prolonged use of negative leadership do?

Answer 21

Prolonged use of negative leadership to influence followers undermines the followers’ will, initiative, and potential and destroys unit morale.

Question 22

What is toxic leadership?

Answer 22

Toxic leadership is a combination of self-centered attitudes, motivations, and behaviors that have adverse effects on subordinates, the organization, and mission performance

Question 23

How do toxic leaders operate?

Answer 23

The toxic leader operates with an inflated sense of self-worth and from acute self-interest. Toxic leaders consistently use dysfunctional behaviors to deceive, intimidate, coerce, or unfairly punish others to get what they want for themselves

Question 24

Toxic leaders can achieve results, but what leader competencies do toxic leaders ignore?

Answer 24

Toxic leaders achieve results in the short term, but focus on achieve and ignore lead and develop.