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The great man theory states that leaders are ____, not made. ✔✔born
The Great Man Theory professes that to study leadership, focus on __________. ✔✔The life stories of successful people
What's the Air Force's view on leadership? ✔✔States that leadership is built from experience, education, and training
What's a fairy tail veiw of leadership? ✔✔The theory to be guilty of hero worship
The Trait Theory explains leadership in terms of __________________. ✔✔Personality and character of the leader
The major weakness of the Triat Theory is ____________. ✔✔That no one agrees which traits make a good leader
What is leadership? ✔✔the ability to influence a group toward the achievement of a vision or set of goals.
What is the symbol of America? ✔✔The American Flag
What is our most important and most recognizable National Symbol? ✔✔The American Flag
When is Flag Day? ✔✔June 14th, 1777
What changed how American's felt about their flag? ✔✔The National Anthem
Our flag represents __________? ✔✔The best things about our people, our land, and our commitment to equality.
Who asked Americans to display our flag with special respect? ✔✔Congress
Warriors defend ___________________? ✔✔Something valuable - Their personal honor
Respect - ✔✔Someone who is respectful treats others as they would like to be treated.
Self-Awareness - ✔✔To know how well you are living up to the ideals of the Core Values requires Self-Awareness
Self Awarness is the __________. ✔✔The ability to monitor and judge your own actions
What is contagious? ✔✔Enthusiasm is contagious
Teamwork always requires ______. ✔✔Sacrifice
Leaders who are seen as having all the answers could inadvertently make the team _________. ✔✔Dependent on them.
How do you show respect to the flag? ✔✔By destroying worn flags by burning them.
Leadership is an art because it requires __________. ✔✔Imagination and skill.
Critical Reading is the __________. ✔✔The process of examining, analyzing and evaluating the writer's message.
People who lack _______ lose their battles with stress. ✔✔Coping skills
Opinion or Assumption? Cadets who exercise regularly will pass the PE test. ✔✔Opinion
What is an Oath? ✔✔A solemn promise
All military customs and courtesies are rooted in __________. ✔✔Basic politeness and respect.
When is flag day? ✔✔June 14th 1777.
Who had a vision that called for creating an independent air force? ✔✔Billy Mitchel
Final responsibility for getting a job done ought to be assigned to __________. ✔✔A single individual
________ are the price of admission to CAP. ✔✔The core values
A positive attitude begins with what? ✔✔It begins with the realization that attitude is a choice.
Attitude ✔✔The state of mind that lies behind your every action.
Cadets strengthen their self-discipline and maintain a positive attitude by: ✔✔By habitually and cheerfully rendering customs and courtesies.
All military customs and courtesies are rooted in what? ✔✔Basic politeness and respect.
The uniform is a _______________. ✔✔A vehicle for learning self-discipline, personal responsibility, and self-respect.
A unit's performance on the drill field is a measure of a cadet's sense of __________. ✔✔Self- discipline
The chain of command is the ________. ✔✔The order of authority.
Most organizations use some type of ________. ✔✔Leadership hierarchy.
The chain functions best when ____________. ✔✔When people resolve issues at the lowest possible level.
Jumping the chain is to be _________. ✔✔Avoided.
Define: Self-Management ✔✔The process of directing and controlling your actions so that you can achieve your goals in life.
Define: Future Picture ✔✔A clear and compelling description of what you want your life to look like at some point in the future.
What is the first step of the goal-setting process? ✔✔Dream big.
What is the second step of the goal-setting process? ✔✔Identify a specific goal and write it down.
Leaders who make bad initial decisions often get caught in the __________. ✔✔Ethical trap.
Time management- ✔✔The process of organizing and using your time wisely.
Efficiency is a broad term describing how well a leader is make use of their _________. ✔✔Time and other resources.
Procrastination- ✔✔The practice of putting off for no good reason a task that should be done right now.
Once you know you procrastinate, try to _______________. ✔✔Identify why you are avoiding the task.
Stress- ✔✔The body's response to change.
Resilience- ✔✔The ability to bounce back and recover from adversity.
________ are more prone to stress. ✔✔Young people
What is the most important part of a plan to manage stress? ✔✔Exercise
People who try to fix their problems tend to be ___________. ✔✔Emotionally Healthier
Together Everyone Achieves More. ✔✔Together Everyone Achieves More.
A team is a __________. ✔✔A collection of individuals who are committed to working together to achieve a common goal.
Great teams use ________. ✔✔Individual's special skills to their advantage.
Team members often look to _________ for leadership ✔✔One another.
Synergy- ✔✔The idea that by working together they can achieve more than each individual could on their own.
How well you ________ will have a direct effect on your success as a cadet and leader. ✔✔How well you listen.
Listeners do not merely hear sounds but- ✔✔They focus on the meaning.
We should spend ______ as much time listening as we do talking. ✔✔2x
The purpose of note taking is _______. ✔✔To summarize the speaker's main points, not to capture every word the speaker said.
The main goal of communications _______. ✔✔To share the meaning.
When does feedback take place? ✔✔When you return to the speaker a portion of the message they sent to you.
Questions are a form of ________. ✔✔A form of teamwork where the speaker and listener work together to share the meaning.
Critical Reading- ✔✔The process of examining, analyzing and evaluating the writer's message.
Simplify: SQ3R ✔✔Survey, Question, Read, Recall, Review.
One of the best ways to become a better leader is to _______. ✔✔Read widely.
The Air Force defines leadership as: ✔✔The art and science of influencing and directing people to accomplish the assigned mission.
Why is leadership an art? ✔✔Because it requires imagination and creative skill.
How is leadership a science? ✔✔Because it is an academic subject requiring careful study, observation, and experimentation.
A mechanic works with screwdrivers, An accountant works with numbers, what does a leader work with? ✔✔A leader works with people.
Why does the team exist? ✔✔The mission is the reason the team exist.
Leaders spend ________ amount of their day communicating. ✔✔70%
________ are not tools genuine leaders use. ✔✔Threats, coercion, and extortion.
Bad leadership implies: ✔✔No leadership, I contend that there is nothing neutral about leadership; it is valued as a moral necessity.
Visionary leaders- ✔✔Paint an inspiring future picture for the whole team.
Motivation comes in many forms: ✔✔Money, praise, a prestigious potion, awards, special privileges, and more.
A skillful leader understands how to issue a ______. ✔✔A challenge.
Competition is a motivator. ✔✔People want to win.
A leader will want to take an idea in his mind and _________. ✔✔Deposit it in the minds of others.
Some great motivators draw their strength from their _________. ✔✔Compelling personality.
Good communicators are perceived to have __________. ✔✔Orderly minds, which inspires confidence.
Martin Luther King Jr. projected: ✔✔Optimism, confidence, a belief in America.
Martin Luther King Jr used _______ to bring people together. ✔✔He used language.
Making complex ideas easy to understand is the work of a ____________. ✔✔Communicator.
People judge leaders by their ______, not their words. ✔✔Conduct.
Possessing ____________ helps a leader establish their credibility and win respect. ✔✔Expert knowledge.
The great man theory does not explain how we _______________. ✔✔Determine who is a successful leader.
The great man theory fails to explain: ✔✔Experience, education, and situation have a much greater impact on leadership than the great man theory acknowledges.
The Air Force doctrine states that leadership is built from: ✔✔Experience, Education, and Training.
Which theory might be guilty of hero worship? ✔✔The great man theory might.
The trait theory explains leadership in terms of ____________________. ✔✔The personality and character of the leader.
Each leader is what? ✔✔Unique in their personal qualities and in their approach to leading.
What's the major weakness in the trait theory? ✔✔No one agrees which traits make a good leader.
The trait theory suggests leaders can command ________________. ✔✔All situations with the same basic gifts.
The ultimate explanation of leadership: ✔✔Anyone who wants to lead ought to consider the qualities that make leaders extraordinary.
By discovering how mysterious leadership can be, that it requires deep study and reflection, you have taken an important step in what? ✔✔In your development as a leader.
What is our most important and most recognizable national symbol? ✔✔The American Flag.
The current flag was introduced on __________. ✔✔July 4th.
What changed how Americans felt about their flag? ✔✔The national anthem.
What does the flag represent? ✔✔The best things, our people, our land, and our commitment to equality.
