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What are the two sources of leadership ability? ✔✔natural talent,
education, training and experience
If anyone can be a leader, why are leaders so rare? ✔✔It requires hard work.
It requires an uncommon willingness to put the team's needs ahead of your own.
What two characteristics does the Air Force use to describe the "warrior spirit?" ✔✔Tough- mindedness
Tireless motivation
What three things does a "warrior spirit" enable a person to do? ✔✔Make sacrifices for the team
Achieve long-term goals
Defend personal honor
What three benefits can result from striving to achieve a "warrior spirit?" ✔✔Clear conscience
Good reputation
Being in an environment of trust and respect
a person who is attempting to foster trust and respect in team members is striving to achieve ✔✔a "warrior spirit"
What are the four core values that all Civil Air Patrol members are expected to uphold? ✔✔Integrity first
Volunteer service
Excellence in all we do
Respect
What should all men and women of goodwill agree upon concerning Civil Air Patrol core values and personal religious beliefs? ✔✔They are important moral guideposts.
A person who is honest and morally courageous person has ✔✔integrity
The person who fulfills his responsibilities even in difficult circumstances has what personal quality? ✔✔integrity
Understanding your strengths and weaknesses in taking stock of your actions indicates that you have which leadership quality? ✔✔self awareness
The following actions reflect that you have what quality?
Think before you act
Resist sudden impulse is that impede long-term goals
Remain cool and collected in a heated debate ✔✔self-discipline
What quality is displayed when you follow the right instructions so that you achieve the right goals? ✔✔discipline
Which core value is the willingness to do what is right even when no one is looking? ✔✔integrity
Which core value means giving your best effort no matter what challenge is facing you? ✔✔excellence
Which core value is exemplified by "treating others the way you would like to be treated?" ✔✔respect
Which core value reflects selflessness and is the difference between "giving and taking?" ✔✔volunteer service
What two skills do you need in order to live the "core values?" ✔✔Self awareness
Self discipline
To live up to the core values, you must develop the ability to monitor and judge your own actions.
What is the name for this concept? ✔✔self awareness
In order to live up to the core values, you must direct your thoughts, emotions, and actions toward a meaningful purpose.
What is the name for this concept? ✔✔self discipline
What is the state of mind that lies behind your every action? ✔✔Attitude
In respect to relationships between members from top to bottom, most organizations use some type of leadership ✔✔hierarchy.
A benefit of having a chain of command is that it or re-enforces the idea that everyone is accountable to ✔✔another leader.
Final responsibility for getting a job done ought to be assigned to ✔✔a single individual.
The chain of command is the order of ✔✔authority.
A unit's performance on the drill field is a measure of the cadets' sense of ✔✔self-discipline.
In terms of teamwork, one person's conduct reflects on ✔✔everyone else in the group.
In Civil Air Patrol, the uniform is a vehicle for learning what three things? ✔✔self-discipline, personal responsibility, and self- respect.
Cadet strengthen their self-discipline and maintain a positive attitude by habitually and cheerfully rendering ✔✔customs and courtesies
Military customs and courtesies are never a mark of ✔✔inferiority or servility.
Customs and courtesies are small, but important expressions of ✔✔politeness and mutual respect.
In most societies a solemn promise is called an ✔✔oath
Everyone must answer for their actions, regardless of their rank. Even the president is accountable to ✔✔the American people.
All attitudes, good and bad, are ✔✔contagious.
No matter what challenge is facing you, you will give it your best effort. What core value does this represent? ✔✔Excellence
