Quiz - SAF Leadership Competency Model (LCM)

What is the meaning of SAF LCM?

• Leader Competency Measurement

• Leadership Competency Measurement

• Leadership Competency Model

• Leader Competency Model

Answer explanation

The is the ruler that measure our leadership competencies in SAF. Know that ruler, instead of our self derived meaning of leadership.

The SAF Leadership Competency Model consist of _____ Competencies and _____ Skills.

• Five, Twelve

• Five, Fourteen

• Four, Twelve

• Four, Forteen

Answer explanation

Which are your strengths and which ones we need to work on?

The first competency is "Conceptual Thinking". This is the ability to understand and (a)   to the complexities in the operating environment, including making sense of moral and ethical dilemmas that may arise.

In the Conceptual Thinking competency, the three underpinning skillsets are (1) Critical Thinking, (2) Creative Thinking and (3) ___________.

• Ethical Reasoning - Understand and apply ethical reasoning principles and processes.

• Decision Making -

  (1) Rational and Decisive,

  (2) Leverage on past experience and specialist knowledge

  (3) Making difficult decisions

• Self Awareness -

  (1) Own Moods

  (2) Emotions and Drives

  (3) Strength and limitations

• Developing Team -

  (1) Harness individual strength,

  (2) Spirit of comradeship and Trust

  (3) Unity

  (4) Build Team Morale

  (5) Resolve conflict

Answer explanation

Which skill under conceptual thinking is your strength?

What are the two skills for Social Competency?

• (1) Communicating to influence and

  (2) Interpersonal effectiveness

• (1) Communicating to inspire and

  (2) Interpersonal skills

• (1) Communicate the truth and

  (2) Interpersonal relationship

• (1) Communicate to understand and

  (2) Interpersonal influence

Answer explanation

Which do you think is a higher skill set?

What is the missing attribute under interpersonal effectiveness?

• Recognize wants and aspiration

• Recognize wants and inspiration

• Recognize drive and inspiration

• Recognize drive and aspiration

The third competency is Mission - It refers to understanding the Mission __________ and effectively _________ to ensure mission success.

• Purpose, Execute

• Intend, Execute

• Intend, Plan

• Purpose, Plan

Answer explanation

Can we respond to new development during our execution?

The fourth competency "Developmental" consists of three skills.

(1) Developing ________
(2) Developing ________

(3) Improving _________

• (1) Team

  (2) Organisation

  (3) self

• (1) Self

  (2) People

  (3) Organization

• (1) Self

  (2) Team

  (3) Organization

• (1) People

  (2) Team

  (3) Organization

Answer explanation

This is one of the areas we need to improve on. A leader should make better leaders.

"Making Difficult decision" is attribute of which skill?

• Social Competency - Communicating to influence

• Mission Competency - Decision Making

• Conceptual Thinking Competency - Ethical Reasoning

• Developmental Competency - Developing Team

Answer explanation

Making difficult decision and breaking unpopular news is one of the key roles of "through-train"

Self – The fifth competency is the ‘meta-competency’ required to manage oneself and develop own capabilities, for leader adaptability and (a)   .

Answer explanation

The first step is to recognize the these 5 competencies.

Then develop ourselves in the relevant skill sets.

The journey is long, but the one who starts first will have the advantage.