Leading Marines Leadership Tools 2026/2027 Questions and
Answers (Verified Answers by Expert)
1. Effective coaching requires a coach to use a combination of setting standards/reviewing
performance and recognizing talent/developing potential. These are called:
hard skills and soft skills
technical skills and rank skills
formal skills and informal skills
planning skills and inspection skills
2. Leaders encourage mentoring to assist junior Marines by providing:
Depth to the experience of being a Marine, perspective on their profession, and insight from
experiences beyond their own
Only promotion advice
Only technical task instruction
Only disciplinary guidance
3. A good coach uses questioning to:
Hold attention, elicit details or examples, and identify confusion
Avoid listening and shorten every interaction
Replace all demonstrations
Determine promotion eligibility
4. Coaching uses unique listening techniques that are not applicable to counseling or mentoring.
False
True
Only during formal counseling
Only for senior Marines
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, U.S. Marine Corps photo — Lance Corporal Seminar, Camp Foster. Public-domain release.
Photo source: https://media.defense.gov/2014/Apr/28/2000793182/-1/-1/0/140423-M-GX711-004.JPG
5. Together, counseling, coaching, and mentoring are tools that enable:
Core values to be firmly established throughout each Marine's leadership development
All Marines to receive identical assignments
Promotion without evaluation
Leaders to avoid formal standards
6. The three types of counseling established by Marine Corps policy are:
Non-directive, collaborative, and directive
Formal, informal, and punitive
Written, verbal, and electronic
Monthly, quarterly, and annual
7. At a minimum, counseling should occur for lance corporals and below every:
30 days
60 days
90 days
180 days
8. Why is coaching a powerful tool for improving performance?
It can correct errors on the spot and prevent negative learning
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, It eliminates the need for standards
It replaces all counseling
It guarantees promotion
9. The intent of coaching, counseling, and mentoring is best described as:
Supporting Marines so they can assume progressively greater responsibilities in the Marine Corps
and society
Keeping Marines dependent on their leaders
Replacing all formal training
Providing punishment when performance is poor
10. Counseling is primarily focused on:
Past performance as a means of directing attention toward improved future performance
Personal recreation
Promotion boards only
Future goals with no performance discussion
11. Counseling is a directed task led by the:
Senior Marine in the relationship
Junior Marine only
Peer group
External evaluator
12. Effective counseling is:
A two-way communication process
A one-way lecture
A written evaluation only
A punishment session
13. Counseling should establish:
Senior expectations and goals the junior should meet before the next scheduled counseling
Only personal preferences
Only long-term career goals
Only disciplinary consequences
14. A negative counseling automatically constitutes an impact on a performance evaluation.
False
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, True
Only for corporals
Only during annual reports
15. The leadership principle most directly associated with preparing for the requirements of the
next higher rank is:
Know yourself and seek self-improvement
Keep your Marines informed
Set the example
Employ your unit in accordance with its capabilities
16. The leadership principle that requires matching assignments to the unit's ability is:
Employ your unit in accordance with its capabilities
Train your Marines as a team
Set the example
Develop a sense of responsibility among subordinates
17. The Marine Corps leadership principle that emphasizes accountability for one's own actions
is:
Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions
Keep your Marines informed
Know your Marines and look out for their welfare
Make sound and timely decisions
18. The Marine Corps leadership principle that emphasizes communicating information to
subordinates is:
Keep your Marines informed
Set the example
Train your Marines as a team
Be technically and tactically proficient
19. The principle that requires a leader to verify understanding, supervise execution, and confirm
completion is:
Ensure the task is understood, supervised, and accomplished
Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions
Keep your Marines informed
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Answers (Verified Answers by Expert)
1. Effective coaching requires a coach to use a combination of setting standards/reviewing
performance and recognizing talent/developing potential. These are called:
hard skills and soft skills
technical skills and rank skills
formal skills and informal skills
planning skills and inspection skills
2. Leaders encourage mentoring to assist junior Marines by providing:
Depth to the experience of being a Marine, perspective on their profession, and insight from
experiences beyond their own
Only promotion advice
Only technical task instruction
Only disciplinary guidance
3. A good coach uses questioning to:
Hold attention, elicit details or examples, and identify confusion
Avoid listening and shorten every interaction
Replace all demonstrations
Determine promotion eligibility
4. Coaching uses unique listening techniques that are not applicable to counseling or mentoring.
False
True
Only during formal counseling
Only for senior Marines
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, U.S. Marine Corps photo — Lance Corporal Seminar, Camp Foster. Public-domain release.
Photo source: https://media.defense.gov/2014/Apr/28/2000793182/-1/-1/0/140423-M-GX711-004.JPG
5. Together, counseling, coaching, and mentoring are tools that enable:
Core values to be firmly established throughout each Marine's leadership development
All Marines to receive identical assignments
Promotion without evaluation
Leaders to avoid formal standards
6. The three types of counseling established by Marine Corps policy are:
Non-directive, collaborative, and directive
Formal, informal, and punitive
Written, verbal, and electronic
Monthly, quarterly, and annual
7. At a minimum, counseling should occur for lance corporals and below every:
30 days
60 days
90 days
180 days
8. Why is coaching a powerful tool for improving performance?
It can correct errors on the spot and prevent negative learning
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, It eliminates the need for standards
It replaces all counseling
It guarantees promotion
9. The intent of coaching, counseling, and mentoring is best described as:
Supporting Marines so they can assume progressively greater responsibilities in the Marine Corps
and society
Keeping Marines dependent on their leaders
Replacing all formal training
Providing punishment when performance is poor
10. Counseling is primarily focused on:
Past performance as a means of directing attention toward improved future performance
Personal recreation
Promotion boards only
Future goals with no performance discussion
11. Counseling is a directed task led by the:
Senior Marine in the relationship
Junior Marine only
Peer group
External evaluator
12. Effective counseling is:
A two-way communication process
A one-way lecture
A written evaluation only
A punishment session
13. Counseling should establish:
Senior expectations and goals the junior should meet before the next scheduled counseling
Only personal preferences
Only long-term career goals
Only disciplinary consequences
14. A negative counseling automatically constitutes an impact on a performance evaluation.
False
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, True
Only for corporals
Only during annual reports
15. The leadership principle most directly associated with preparing for the requirements of the
next higher rank is:
Know yourself and seek self-improvement
Keep your Marines informed
Set the example
Employ your unit in accordance with its capabilities
16. The leadership principle that requires matching assignments to the unit's ability is:
Employ your unit in accordance with its capabilities
Train your Marines as a team
Set the example
Develop a sense of responsibility among subordinates
17. The Marine Corps leadership principle that emphasizes accountability for one's own actions
is:
Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions
Keep your Marines informed
Know your Marines and look out for their welfare
Make sound and timely decisions
18. The Marine Corps leadership principle that emphasizes communicating information to
subordinates is:
Keep your Marines informed
Set the example
Train your Marines as a team
Be technically and tactically proficient
19. The principle that requires a leader to verify understanding, supervise execution, and confirm
completion is:
Ensure the task is understood, supervised, and accomplished
Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions
Keep your Marines informed
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