Attributes
This leadership attribute describes your moral and ethical qualities and helps you determine right from wrong.
What is Character?
This attribute is the impression you make on others through appearance, demeanor, actions, and words.
What is presence?
This attribute is the power of your mind to think, acquire knowledge, and solve problems.
What is intellect
Leaders provide these three things to guide their teams: purpose, direction, and ___________
What is motivation?
Leaders create this type of environment where people are encouraged to learn, innovate, and grow.
What is a learning environment?
This leadership style tells followers what to do and how to do it.
What is directing?
This leadership era (1800s - 1940s) believed people were born with the traits needed to lead
What is the Born Leaders Approach?
This ability allows leaders to relate to another person's situation, motives and feelings.
What is empathy?
Leaders demonstrate this by looking and acting like professionals and overcoming challenges without excuses.
What is professionalism?
This component of intellect involves flexibility of mind and adapting to changing situations.
What is mental agility?
This short-term form of followership means doing what you're told without needing to understand the reason.
What is compliance?
Giving followers responsibility for tasks increases this sense of ownership.
What is initiative?
This style involves consulting with followers and asking for their ideas before making decisions.
What is participating?
This leadership approach (1940s - 1970s) focused on observable actions such as relationship behaviors and structure behaviors.
What is the Behavior Approach?
This part of character includes your commitment to Army Values and the Cadet Creed, and your willingness to push through adversity.
What is Warrior/Service Ethos?
This component of presence helps leaders handle stress, work longer, and recover faster.
What is physical fitness?
Leaders use this skill to "find facts, think through issues, and solve problems."
What is critical thinking?
This deeper form of followership changes attitudes and beliefs and leads to initiative and creativity.
What is commitment?
Leaders show concern for team members' morale, needs, and well-being, also known as their _________.
What is welfare?
This style gives followers more problem-solving authority and less supervision.
What is delegating?
This modern approach states that "there exists no single best way to lead" and that leadership depends on the situation.
What is the Contingency Approach?
This element of character involves controlling your emotions and staying focused on goals even when you "don't feel like it."
What is discipline?
This quality is "contagious" and reduces team anxiety by showing faith in one's own abilities.
What is confidence?
This part of intellect involves generating new ideas and creative solutions.
What is innovation?
Leaders avoid giving too much direction because it can make members feel this way.
What is micromanaged?
Coaching and mentoring helps leaders do this for their team members.
What is develop others?
Leaders use the directing style when followers lack this - The ability or experience to perform the task.
What is readiness (skills and experience)?
According to the text, leadership is "the process of influencing people by providing purpose, ________, and motivation.
What is direction?
Leaders develop this aspect of character through "experience, education, self-awareness, and mentoring," according to the text.
What is leader identity (self-concept as a leader)?
The text defines this as "the ability to bounce back from setbacks, shock, injuries, adversity, and stress."
What is resilience?
This component of intellect involves understanding others' reactions and interacting with them appropriately.
What is interpersonal tact?
Leaders build this by being "firm, fair, and respectful," and by following through on expectations.
What is trust?
Cadet leaders are expected to be this, someone who "manages or takes care of" the JROTC profession.
What is a steward of the profession?
Delegating is the most effective when followers are both competent and this - supportive of the leader's goals.
What is willing (motivated)?
The Behavior Approach identified two major categories of leader behavior. Name both:
What are relationship behaviors and structure behaviors?