Leadership in Action
Think Before you Lead
Mission & People
Know the Rules
Decision Point
100
A follower who actively participates while thinking independently belongs to this Kelley followership style.
What is the Effective Follower?
100
This thinking error causes people to seek evidence supporting beliefs they already hold.
What is Confirmation Bias?
100
This negotiation style assumes value can be created for both parties.
What is Integrative Negotiation?
100
These are the three governing constitutional principles.
What are Enumerated Powers, Separation of Powers, and Federalism?
100
This Air Force Core Value requires doing the right thing even when no one is watching.
What is Integrity First?
200
A leader motivates followers beyond rewards by developing them personally, intellectually, and morally.
What is Transformational Leadership?
200
Which intellectual standard asks whether the information actually matters to the problem you're solving?
What is Relevance?
200
Within TIPO, this element concerns whether the other party believes your interactions are genuine and truthful.
What is Trust?
200
An Air Force officer's authority originates from this document.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
200
A leader consistently rewards performance exactly as promised. Which transactional leadership behavior is being used?
What is Contingent Reward?
300
During Tuckman's model, disagreements over roles, leadership, and expectations are most common during this stage.
What is Storming?
300
The OODA Loop stands for these four steps.
What are Observe, Orient, Decide, Act?
300
A leader focuses heavily on accomplishing the mission while preserving long-term relationships. Which conflict management consideration balances these two priorities?
What are Task and People orientation?
300
This document transforms an officer's oath into a legally binding contract.
What is AF Form 133 (Oath of Office)?
300
A supervisor waits until a major failure occurs before intervening.
Which FRL behavior is this?
What is Passive Management by Exception?
400
This transformational leadership behavior challenges followers to question assumptions and find innovative solutions rather than simply accepting the status quo.
What is Intellectual Stimulation?
400
Unlike OODA, this Air Force process emphasizes root-cause analysis and long-term organizational improvement.
What is the 8-Step Practical Problem Solving Method (PPSM)?
400
Using rank alone to force agreement represents this type of power.
What is Power Over?
400
A relationship becomes unprofessional when it reasonably appears to compromise this organizational structure.
What is the Chain of Command?
400
These are five callsigns within the Sky Rats.
Who is Crisco, Slick, Rooster, Stonewall, Tiny, and Gazelle
500
An officer notices an experienced Airman challenging a proposed maintenance procedure because it violates technical guidance. Rather than silencing the Airman, the officer encourages discussion before making a decision.
Name BOTH the transformational behavior and the followership characteristic being demonstrated.
What are Intellectual Stimulation and Effective Followership (critical thinking)?
500
You discover maintenance delays. Before proposing solutions, you verify a measurable performance gap exists, confirm someone has observed the issue firsthand, and ensure solving it supports organizational goals.
Which PPSM step are you completing?
What is Clarify and Validate the Problem?
500
A commander chooses an integrative negotiation approach instead of a distributive one because preserving the working relationship is more important than maximizing a short-term gain.
Explain why this is strategically advantageous.
Because integrative negotiations preserve trust, encourage information sharing, improve option building, and strengthen future cooperation.
500
An officer regularly socializes privately with a subordinate, creating perceptions of favoritism even though no misconduct has occurred.
Which two organizational qualities are most immediately threatened?
What are Good Order and Discipline and Unit Cohesion?
500
An officer refuses to ignore inaccurate information even though it supports the team's preferred solution.
Name BOTH the Core Value and Critical Thinking principle demonstrated.
What are Integrity First and Accuracy (Intellectual Standard)?