CAP - Mitchell Leadership Exam

Character

What does leadership start with?

Warriors

Defends something valuable - their personal honor.

Integrity

The willingness to do what is right, even when no one is looking.

Volunteer Service

About "selflessness". The difference between "giving" an "taking".

Excellence in All We Do

No matter what challenge is facing you, you will give it your best effort.

Respect

Treating others as you would like to be treated.

Self-Awareness

The ability to monitor and judge your own actions and emotions.

Self-Discipline

The ability to direct your thoughts, emotions, and actions toward a meaningful purpose. Willpower.

Attitude

The state of mind that lies behind your every action.

Positive Attitude

Begins with the realization that attitude is a choice.

Accountability

Everyone must answer for their actions, regardless of rank.

Oath

A solemn promise made in public to serve a public good.

Customs and Courtesies

Small, but important expressions of politeness and mutual respect.

The Uniform

A vehicle for learning self-discipline, personal responsibility, and self-respect.

Image

One person's conduct reflects on everyone else in the group.

Chain Of Command

System in which leaders are ranked one above the other according to their status.

Leadership By Committee

(Negative) If everyone is in charge, then no one is in charge.

Jumping the Chain

When an individual takes an issue to a high-level leader without consulting their immediate superiors.

Cadets are

Leaders in training.

Self-Management

Directing and controlling your actions so that you can achieve your goals.

A goal is a

Dream with a deadline.

Future Picture

Clear and Compelling description of what you want your life to look like at some point in the future.

Fact

2+2=4

Opinion

B-2 Spirit is the world's greatest airplane.

Assumption

Cadets who exercise regularly will pass the fitness test.

Brainstorming

A method of generating a large number of creative ideas.

Stakeholders

People who have a direct or indirect interest in the issue.

Time Management

The process of organizing and using your time wisely.

Efficiency

How well a leader is making use of their time and other resources.

Uptime

The amount of time they are actually working.

Downtime

Time spent waiting for the opportunity to work.

Procrastination

The process of putting off for no good reason a task that should be done right now.

Stress

The body's response to change.

Stressor

Anything that causes stress.

Resilience

The ability to bounce back and recover from adversity.

How many hours of sleep should teens be getting per night?

9-10 Hours

Team

A collection of individuals who are committed to working together to achieve a common goal.

Synergy

The idea that by working together, a team can achieve more than each individual could on their own.

Teamwork requires…

Sacrifice

What does TEAM stand for?

Together Everyone Achieves More

What is contagious?

Enthusiasm

Loyal

Faithful to the people on the team, supportive of its leader, and committed to the team's mission.

Mentor

A close, trusted, experienced adviser.

Listening

The process of receiving, deciphering, and responding to spoken and non-verbal messages.

Feedback

When you return to the speaker a portion of the message they sent to you.

Dialogue

When two or more people reason together about a topic.

Critical Reading

The process of examining, analyzing, and evaluating the writer's message.

SQ3R

Survey, Question, Read, Recall, Review

AF Definition of Leadership

The art and science of influencing and directing people to accomplish the assigned mission.

Three components of the definition of leadership

The leader, the follower, and the goal.

Culture

The attitudes, customs, and values of a civilization.

Peter Principle

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence.

Anne Sullivan

Helen Keller's mentor.

Great Man Theory

To study leadership, focus on the stories of successful people.

Trait Theory

Explains leadership in terms of the personality and character of the leader.

The American Flag

Our most important and most recognizable national symbol.

Standard

An established requirement, a principle by which something can be judged.

First-Line Supervisor

Someone who ensures the junior members of a team accomplish the mission.

Servant Leadership

When the leader sees themselves primarily as a servant of the team.

Pulling rank is a

Lazy, immature, and counterproductive way of leading.

Coaching

The process through which leaders try to solve performance problems and develop their people.

Open-Ended Question

A question that cannot be answered with a simple yes or no.

Supervise

To observe and direct people in the fulfillment of the mission.

Fairness

Following an impartial set of rules and applying them equally to everyone.

Punishment

A negative consequence.

Motivation

The reason for an action. The "why".

Intrinsic Reward

Motivators at work within you.

Extrinsic Reward

Motivators at work outside of you.

Strategic Arena

Highest level of leadership.

Tactical Arena

Lowest level of leadership.

Operational Arena

Middle level of leadership.

Command Intent

The leaders precise expression of purpose.

Initiative

The ability to make sound judgement and act independently.

Conformity

The process by which an individual's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are influenced by other people.

What does LEAD stand for?

Lead, Empower, Aim, Direct.

Critical Thinking

Self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way.

Precise Statements

Mean what they say and say what they mean.

Big-Picture Thinking

The practice of stepping back form and issue or problem to take more of it in.

Realistic Thinking

Where the leader tries to see the world for how it actually is, not how we want it to be.

Shared Thinking

Valuing the thoughts and ideas of others.

Logical Fallacy

An error of reasoning.

Branding

The process of associating certain visual, cultural, and emotional images with a product.

Mindmapping

A visual arrangement of ideas and their interconnections.

Flowchart

A visual representation of the major steps in a process.

Multi-voting

Avoids and win/lose situation for the team members.

Learning Objective

A precise goal.

Simulation

Seeks to replicate the conditions of a job as realistically as possible.

Evaluation

An attempt to check whether each student fulfilled the learning objective.

Personality

The sum of the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make someone unique.

Nature Vs Nurture

Asks whether it's inborn qualities or personal experiences that shape who we are.

Blank Slate Principle

Every new born baby is born as if their minds were a blank slate.

Birth-Order Theory

Contends that a person's rank within their family can have an effect on their personality and intelligence.

Johari Window

Public Arena, Blind Arena, Private Arena, and Unknown Arena

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Physiological needs, safety needs, love or belonging, esteem needs, and self actualization needs.

Hawthorne Studies

When leaders pay attention to their people and treat them as partners, people feel appreciated and will perform better.

Classical Conditioning

The process whereby a living thing learns to connect a stimulus to a reflex.

Defense Mechanism

Behaviors people use to deal with anxiety, stress, and pressure.

Displacement

When someone redirects feelings about something onto something less threatening.

Projection

The act of taking one's own unacknowledged thoughts or feelings and falsely attributing them to someone else.

Rationalization

When someone devises reassuring or self-serving explanations for their behavior.