BILLY MITCHELL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is a leader supposed to be? - Answer- Professional
What is a professional in everyday sense? - Answer- Someone who paid for their work
What does a professional need in CAP? - Answer- 1. Professionals must have a habit of
putting the community's interest first
2. Has special skills
3. Hold themselves and their peers to an ethical code
What's the most important standard? - Answer- A leader's example
What is a standard? - Answer- An established requirement, a principle by which something can be judged
What do NCO's epitomize? - Answer- The Core Values
What is the transition from Airmen to NCO? - Answer- NCO's are the ones who care for those who need to be cared for, just as they were.
What is a Creed? - Answer- Formal system of belief intended to guide someone's actions
What are the responsibilities of an NCO? - Answer- 1. Epitomize the Core Values
2. Guide, Instruct, and Mentor
3. Support the Leader 4. Reward People
5. Correct People
6. Career Counsel
7. Keep Learning
Military Bearing - Answer- How those in the uniform carry themselves; bearing includes physical posture, mental attitudes, how faithfully customs and courtesies are rendered.
First-Line Supervisor - Answer- A leader who overseas entry-level people; the lowest ranking member of a leader staff.
First, NCO's must be _____________ ready to accomplish the mission. - Answer- Technically
Second, NCO's must be _____________ ready accomplish the mission. - Answer- Physically
Third, if an NCO's _____________ _____________ is not on pint, the mission will suffer. - Answer- Mental Readiness What is Servant Leadership? - Answer- When the leader sees himself/herself primarily as the servant of the team
What is Leadership about? - Answer- Not about controlling, but serving
What's difference between servant and servile - Answer- Servant: chooses to help
Servile: treated like a slave
What does Servant Leadership do for an NCO? - Answer- "New leader's vaccine", keeps from self-centered and a bully
What is Servant Leadership about? - Answer- Servant leadership is not about a personal quest for power, prestige, material awards.
Why is pulling rank not okay? - Answer- It seems lazy, immature, and counter-
productive way to lead.
Define coaching? - Answer- The process through which leaders try to solve performance problems and develop their people.
What is coaching: - Answer- Person-to-Person experience, a relationship between an experienced person (leader) and an experienced person (follower)
When is coaching needed? - Answer- Anytime a leader identifies a need to help someone reach a higher level of effectiveness.
What are the elements of successful coaching? - Answer- 1. Dialogue
2. Empowerment
3. Action
4. Improvement
Define Dialogue: - Answer- A two-way conversation between the coach and the trainee. Center of coaching
Define Empowerment: - Answer- Occurs when the person who has all the answers resists the urge to jump in and "fix" someone's problem for them.
Define Action: - Answer- The dialogue between coach and coachee must produce something, there for the have to take initiative or action
Define Improvement: - Answer- Higher rate of successful
What are the Techniques of Successful Coaching? - Answer- 1. Mirroring
2. Questioning
3. Active Listening
What is a leader supposed to be? - Answer- Professional
What is a professional in everyday sense? - Answer- Someone who paid for their work
What does a professional need in CAP? - Answer- 1. Professionals must have a habit of
putting the community's interest first
2. Has special skills
3. Hold themselves and their peers to an ethical code
What's the most important standard? - Answer- A leader's example
What is a standard? - Answer- An established requirement, a principle by which something can be judged
What do NCO's epitomize? - Answer- The Core Values
What is the transition from Airmen to NCO? - Answer- NCO's are the ones who care for those who need to be cared for, just as they were.
What is a Creed? - Answer- Formal system of belief intended to guide someone's actions
What are the responsibilities of an NCO? - Answer- 1. Epitomize the Core Values
2. Guide, Instruct, and Mentor
3. Support the Leader 4. Reward People
5. Correct People
6. Career Counsel
7. Keep Learning
Military Bearing - Answer- How those in the uniform carry themselves; bearing includes physical posture, mental attitudes, how faithfully customs and courtesies are rendered.
First-Line Supervisor - Answer- A leader who overseas entry-level people; the lowest ranking member of a leader staff.
First, NCO's must be _____________ ready to accomplish the mission. - Answer- Technically
Second, NCO's must be _____________ ready accomplish the mission. - Answer- Physically
Third, if an NCO's _____________ _____________ is not on pint, the mission will suffer. - Answer- Mental Readiness What is Servant Leadership? - Answer- When the leader sees himself/herself primarily as the servant of the team
What is Leadership about? - Answer- Not about controlling, but serving
What's difference between servant and servile - Answer- Servant: chooses to help
Servile: treated like a slave
What does Servant Leadership do for an NCO? - Answer- "New leader's vaccine", keeps from self-centered and a bully
What is Servant Leadership about? - Answer- Servant leadership is not about a personal quest for power, prestige, material awards.
Why is pulling rank not okay? - Answer- It seems lazy, immature, and counter-
productive way to lead.
Define coaching? - Answer- The process through which leaders try to solve performance problems and develop their people.
What is coaching: - Answer- Person-to-Person experience, a relationship between an experienced person (leader) and an experienced person (follower)
When is coaching needed? - Answer- Anytime a leader identifies a need to help someone reach a higher level of effectiveness.
What are the elements of successful coaching? - Answer- 1. Dialogue
2. Empowerment
3. Action
4. Improvement
Define Dialogue: - Answer- A two-way conversation between the coach and the trainee. Center of coaching
Define Empowerment: - Answer- Occurs when the person who has all the answers resists the urge to jump in and "fix" someone's problem for them.
Define Action: - Answer- The dialogue between coach and coachee must produce something, there for the have to take initiative or action
Define Improvement: - Answer- Higher rate of successful
What are the Techniques of Successful Coaching? - Answer- 1. Mirroring
2. Questioning
3. Active Listening
