Army Leadership And The Profession

Question 1

What are the echelons of leadership?

Answer 1

Direct
Organizational
Strategic

Question 2

What are the Army’s four strategic roles?

Answer 2

• Shaping operational environments
• Preventing conflict
• Prevailing in large scale ground combat operations
• Consolidating gains

Question 3

What makes an effective leader?

Answer 3

A person of integrity who builds trust and applies sound judgement to influence others

Question 4

What is leadership?

Answer 4

The act of providing people with purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission

Question 5

What are the leader attributes?

Answer 5

• Character
• Presence
• Intellect

Question 6

What are the leader competencies?

Answer 6

• Leads
• Develops
• Achieves

Question 7

What regulation covers Army Leadership and the Profession?

Answer 7

ADP 6-22

Question 8

What is the “Army Profession”

Answer 8

A trusted vocation of Soldiers and Army Civilians whose collective expertise is the ethical design, generation, support, and application of land power; serving under civilian authority, and entrusted to defend the Constitution and the rights of the American people

Question 9

Who comprises the Profession of Arms?

Answer 9

• Soldiers of regular Army
• Army National Guard
• Army Reserve

Question 10

What is the Army Civilian Corps?

Answer 10

Army civilians serving in the Department of the Army

Question 11

What is the Army’s motto?

Answer 11

“This We’ll Defend”

Question 12

What are the Army Values?

Answer 12

• Loyalty
• Duty
• Respect
• Selfless Service
• Honor
• Integrity
• Personal Courage

Question 13

What is a trusted Army professional?

Answer 13

Responsible stewards of the Army profession

Question 14

What is Army ethic?

Answer 14

The set of enduring moral principles, values, beliefs, and laws that guide the Army profession and create the culture of trust

Question 15

What is the leadership requirements model?

Answer 15

It establishes a core set of requirements that inform leaders of the expectations for what they need to be, know, and do

Question 16

What is the Be and Know portion of the leadership requirements model?

Answer 16

• Leadership attributes and what they encompass
• Character: Army values, empathy, warrior ethos, discipline, humility
• Presence: Military bearing, professional bearing, fitness, confidence, resilience
• Intellect: Mental agility, judgement, innovation, expertise

Question 17

What is Do in the leadership requirements model?

Answer 17

• Leadership competencies and what they encompass
• Leads: Leads others, builds trust, extends influence, leads by example, communicates
• Develops: Prepares self, creates a positive environment, develops others, stewards the profession
• Achieves: Gets results, anticipates tasks, roles, resources, and priorities, improves performance, gives feedback, executes

Question 18

What are the characteristics of the Army Profession?

Answer 18

• Trust
• Honorable service
• Military expertise
• Stewardship (the responsibility to strengthen the Army as a profession)
• Esprit de corps (the Army’s winning spirit)