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WorksheetsLearn to Lead Chapter 4
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which of the following is not something that is required to be a professional?
Putting the community’s interest above their own
Living a life of excellence and constant self-improvement
Having special skills
Holding themselves and others to an ethical code
A standard is
a regulation which everyone follows
A mutually agreed upon requirement by which everyone’s actions are judged
Something by which everyone in an organization is judged
An established requirement, a principle by which something can be judged
The leader’s ____ is the most important standard of all
Example
Principles
Standard
Requirements
NCOs epitomize the
Officers’ plans
Way a cadet should act
Core Values
Motivation of the troops
The key transition is
From serving to leading
From one who was cared to one who cares for others
From phase to phase
From obeying to leading
Which of the following is not a responsibility of the NCO?
Support the leader
Guide, instruct, and mentor
Epitomize the core values
Empathize with others
Which of the following is not a responsibility of the NCO?
Understand exactly what needs to be done
Reward people
Correct people
Keep learning
Which of the following is not an area of readiness NCOs should be capable in, in order to fulfill their responsibilities?
Physical readiness
Technical readiness
Emotional readiness
Mental readiness
Leadership is not about controlling people but ______ them
Understanding
Motivating
Serving
Teaching
Coaching is
A supporting mentorship
Instruction based on a trusting relationship
A training session meant to advance levels of knowledge
The process through which leaders try to solve performance problems and develop their people
When does someone require coaching?
When they need help reaching a higher level of effectiveness
When they are not performing as well as you do
When someone asks for help
When you need a team who knows more than you
Which of the following is not an element of successful coaching?
Dialogue
Empowerment
Listening
Action and improvement
Which of the following is not a technique of successful coaching?
Observation
Purpose
Dialogue
Understanding
Through _________ the coach asks the trainee to look at the trainee to look at the problem
Finding the bottom line
Validating
Story shifting
Addressing fears
To supervise means to
Observe and direct people in the fulfillment of the mission
Lead and motivate the team in completion of the mission
To establish principles for constructive discipline
To trust and believe in your people, doing your best to catch them doing things right
Trust is
Necessary for completing the mission
Required for team synergy
The cornerstone of supervision
A necessary component to a leader's character
Fairness means
Treating everyone the same way
Following an impartial set of rules and applying them equally to everyone
Holding everyone to a standard equivalent to their position and training
Treating everyone alike no matter their circumstances
Punishment is a _______ consequence
Positive
Neutral
Learning tool in the form of a
Negative
Constructive discipline must take place when
A behavior needs to be shaped into the desired end goal
Someone is struggling to obey the rules
An issue is observed and needs to be changed later down the road
The problem behavior is fresh in the minds of all involved
When disciplining a subordinate, a leader stays _______
In a position to listen
In the position of authority
In a calm state
Serious and with a no-nonsense attitude
To keep constructive discipline positive, leaders must focus on _______
Performance
The positive attributes
Attitude
The individual
_____ is/are the reason for action
Attitude
Goals
Motivation
Ideas
Leaders who understand what motivates their people
Will rise above the rest of the leaders
Will get them to fulfill the team’s goals
Will become innovators in their organizations
Will gain the trust of their followers
The key to motivation is to
To know your followers’ likes and dislikes
To understand whether your followers are intrinsically or extrinsically motivated
Use it to push the team to complete the mission
Communicate a strong sense of shared purpose
Which of the following is not a task of an NCO?
Assign people to the right jobs
Ensure people comply with policies, rules, and standards
Ensure individuals have the training needed to complete their tasks
Develop a sense of teamwork
Which of the following is not a task of an officer?
Set goals for the team
Ensure individuals have the training needed to complete their tasks
Create the conditions necessary for the team to succeed
Establish policies, rules, and standards
Which of the following is not an arena of leadership?
Servant
Strategic
Tactical
Operational
Which of the following correctly lists the arenas of leadership in order of lowest to highest?
Strategic, operational, tactical
Operational, tactical, strategic
Tactical, operational, strategic
Operational, strategic, tactical
Which of the following does not fall under a tactical leader’s responsibilities?
Moving a squadron from point A to point B
Deciding if ground teams need to take a break to rest
Ensuring a team is hydrated and ready to perform on a mission
Organizing people into aircrews and assigning them to certain
Which of the following does not fall under an operational leader’s responsibilities?
Organizing people into aircrews and assigning them to certain areas
Making sure the organization has enough funding in order to complete the mission
Leading aircrews on search missions
Coordinating minute details for teams on a mission
Which of the following does not fall under a strategic leader’s responsibilities?
Determining what missions members of an organization should work on
Ensuring an organization has purchased the right type of aircraft
Ensuring an organization has the funding needed to succeed
Exploring the potential challenges an organization may face
Which of the following is not a type of leadership skill?
Institutional
Team
Personal
Organizational
One should never complain about a problem
Without first making sure that it is truly worth the commander’s time
Without using chain of command properly
Without offering a solution
Without doing everything you can to fix it yourself
Dissent in a military style organization
May seem contrary to the principles of discipline and following orders
May seem scary because the chain of command doesn’t see things from your perspective
May seem useless because there’s probably a good reason for the way things are that you just don’t see from your viewpoint
May seem unimportant because nothing will ever be done about it anyways
Which of the following correctly lists the seven needs of a team?
Common goals, servant leadership, motivation, good morale, open communication, mutual respect, a democratic system for deciding things
Common goals, self-discipline, involvement of all members, esprit de corps, open communication, mutual respect, fair ways to resolve conflicts
Core values, leadership, involvement of all members, good morale, open communication, mutual respect, rules and codes of conduct for all to abide by
Common goals, leadership, involvement of all members, good morale, open communication, mutual respect, fair ways to resolve conflicts
Which of the following is not a pitfall of teams?
They can pressure individuals to conform
They can be unwieldy
They can take up a lot of time
They can contain free riders
Conformity is
Changing your lifestyle and decisions based on what those around you consider to be right
Trying to live according to other’s standards and ideas
An attitude of wanting to fit in and be the same as others
The process by which an individual’s attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are influenced by other people
Groupthink occurs when
A team gets so works together for so long that they all start to think the same way and don’t challenge the status quo
Team members seek unanimous agreement in spite of facts pointing to another conclusion
When a group becomes cliquish and refuses to let new ideas enter their thought processes
When a group gets together to solve a problem by trouble shooting and brainstorming
Which of the following is stage 1 of a team’s life cycle and its proper definition?
Storming: when a team comes into its own
Forming: when a group comes together and there is chaos
Storming: when a group comes together and there is chaos
Forming: When a team takes shape and individuals’ personalities show themselves
Which of the following is stage 2 of a team’s life cycle and its proper definition?
Forming: When a group comes together and there is chaos
Norming: the team comes into its own
Forming: as the team begins to take shape, individuals’ personalities begin to show themselves
Storming: as the team begins to take shape, individuals’ personalities begin to show themselves
Which of the following is stage 3 of a team’s life cycle and its proper definition?
Norming: when a team comes into its own
Performing: the group has become a team
Storming: when a team comes into its own
Norming: the team begins to take shape and individuals’ personalities begin to take shape
Which of the following is stage 4 of a team’s life cycle and its proper definition?
Performing: the team comes into its own
Norming: the team comes into its own
Performing: the group becomes a team
Norming: the group becomes a team
What does the L in the “LEAD” model stand for?
Lead with a servant heart
Lead by setting SMART goals
Lead by example
Lead with a clear purpose
What does the E in the “LEAD” model stand for?
Empower to lead
Empower to understand
Empower to participate
Empower to listen
What does the A in the “LEAD” model stand for?
Aim for consensus
Aim for compliance with regulations
Aim for completion of goals
Aim for an atmosphere of motivation
What does the D in the “LEAD” model stand for?
Direct the participation
Direct the efforts
Direct the followers
Direct the team
