Army Leadership

Question 1

What ADP covers Army Leadership?

Answer 1

ADP 6-22

Question 2

What is the purpose of Army leadership?

Answer 2

establishes the fundamental principles by which Army leaders accomplish their missions and care for their people

Question 3

What is leadership?

Answer 3

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

is anyone who inspires and influences people to accomplish organizational goals

Question 5

What does an Army leader do?

Answer 5

motivates people 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

manifests itself through knowledge, experience or technical expertise

Question 9

What is collective leadership?

Answer 9

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

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

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

conveys the expectation that the army wants leaders to meet

Question 14

What are leader attributes?

Answer 14

Character, presence, and intellect

Question 15

What are leadership attributes?

Answer 15

are characteristics internal to a leaders. Attributes shape how an individual behaves and learns in their enviroment

Question 16

What are leadership competencies

Answer 16

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; develop the environment, themselves, others and the profession as a whole; achieve organizational goals

Question 18

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

Answer 18

lead 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

The 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

to influence followers undermines the followers’ will, initiative, and potential and destroys unit morale

Question 22

What is toxic leadership?

Answer 22

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

with an inflates 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

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