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Corporals Course: Leadership II Exam
Questions With 100% Verified Answers.
Coaching: Importance - answer✔The Marine Corps' vision of leading is less concerned with
rank, self-identity, recognition, or privilege than with the essence of our Corps —the individual
Marine and the unyielding determination to persevere. Our vision of leading is linked directly to
our common vision of warfighting, which needs leaders devoted to leading, capable of
independent and bold action, who are willing and eager to assume new and sometimes daunting
responsibilities, and willing to take selfless risks because the Corps must succeed.
Coaching, Counseling, Mentoring - answer✔Enabling marines to assume progressively greater
responsibilities.
Coaching Methodology - answer✔The coaching methodology complements a leader's existing
knowledge toward developing leadership in subordinate leaders.
Coaching defined - answer✔Coaching is defined as a process of ongoing observation and
encouragement for a Marine's personal and professional growth. It occurs on a daily basis and
provides informal feedback, documentation, and communication of goals focused on the
development of the Marine.
Improved competence is the desired outcome of coaching. The coaching methodology uses
interpersonal interaction to impart techniques and improve the recipient's ability to accomplish
their goals. Coaching occurs whenever an individual provides a fellow Marine with the benefit of
their experience.
Coaching is a continuous process. - answer✔Coaching is a continuous process. It occurs during
training while Marines show others how to perform actions during the course of their duties or
the accomplishment of their missions. While Marines carry out tasks, coaching is applied to
improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their work and simultaneously develop subordinate
leaders confidence and knowledge base.
The true value of training. - answer✔The true value of any training is not so much the training
itself, but the change in behavior that should result from learning. Performance is not so much
about what you know as it is about what you do with what you know.
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Coaching is a process. - answer✔Coaching is a process that enhances potential in individuals to
improve performance. It is about helping someone learn rather than drilling them on
memorization.
Coaching uses: - answer✔Hard leadership skills:
- Goal setting
-Reviewing performance
Soft leadership skills:
- Believing in potential
- Developing self-belief.
It is often about addressing the "attitude or motivation of an individual," which all too regularly
limits their performance, progress, and potential.
Setting Goals - answer✔Using the S.M.A.R.T. method of setting goals empowers subordinate
leaders to influence coaching outcomes.
Additionally, developing goals should be treated as Marines treat mission statements. Therefore,
include a proper in order to (IOT) at the end of your set goals.
Characteristics of Goals - answer✔SMART
Specific: The goals must be clear (PT, education)
Measurable: Check progress and hold accountable
Attainable: Relevant, manageable, and challenging
Realistic: Tools and abilities to accomplish
Timely: Provides focus and accountability
Setting Goals: Hard Leadership skill - answer✔Setting goals empowers us to take control over
our own circumstances and gives us control to affect what happens in our lives. Additionally, it
fosters leader development through engaged leadership, which encourages personal
accountability and motivation for enhanced time management.
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When you are setting goals it is important to: - answer✔- Prioritize the basics (MOS
competencies, PME, PT, family readiness).
- Design a plan for achieving your goals.
- Continuously assess results and adjust your plan as needed.
Goal Pyramid - answer✔- Prioritize Daily
- Plan Weekly
- Set Goals
- identify Mission Values
Reviewing Performance: Hard Leadership skill - answer✔After you create and document
SMART goals with a plan for reaching them, engaged leadership becomes easier and more
focused.
Assessing Progress - answer✔Assessing progress is where small unit leaders truly get to know
and understand their Marines. By using a recommended goals form or a locally produced
version, documenting these SMART goals sets a standard of assessment. Additionally, leaders
have the opportunity to ensure these goals are balanced against all other competing factors of
their Marines' time. The foundational key to setting and meeting these goals centers on the fact
that the Marine is in control of achieving them. If adjustments to existing goals need to be made,
leaders are involved in reinforcing or advising the adjustments.
"Equipment is useful only if it improves combat effectiveness"
MCDP-1
Believing in Potential: Soft Leadership skill - answer✔Coaching is not a short-term fix; it is a
long-term solution to help a person unlock their true potential and maximize their own
performance through instilling confidence.
Coaching involves a skill set that can only be developed with practice and requires an investment
in time, energy, and resources to maximize performance.
Four facets of coaching: - answer✔As a leader there are four facets of coaching to keep in mind.
You want to develop yourself to:
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Coach as a guide—to keep individuals on target with performance.
Coach as an instructor—to focus on objectives.
Coach as a motivator—to enhance performance.
Coach as a mentor—so that your subordinate leaders have the desire to emulate you
Developing Self-Belief: Soft leadership skill - answer✔The key to reaching the established
S.M.A.R.T. goals is to continuously create and maintain an inspiring shared vision.
Developing self-belief is essential and the most powerful instrument a leader can cultivate.
Useful tactics include coaching on:
The "golden hour": Your thoughts in the first hour of the morning, the "golden hour," have a
strong influence on how you think, feel, and act for the rest of the day. Take advantage of the
"golden hour" and start every day in a thoughtful, productive way that sets you up for greater
success in the hours ahead.
Improving habits of personal development: Investing in your mind by reading something
motivational, positive, and consistent with reaching your goal.
Engaging in productive behaviors: Plan every day in advance—make a list of everything you
have to do; prioritize your list by value and importance.
Methodolgy of Coaching - answer✔As a model of peak performance and emotional intelligence,
the Performance Pyramid provides a simple framework that effectively guides the coaching
process and employment of coaching skills. In this way, the methodology of coaching can be
described as helping a person to develop their emotional intelligence alongside their technical
competence. Coaching is a three stage process where the coach employs three core coaching
skills. Attitude, Knowledge, and Skills.
The coaching process - answer✔- Facilitate Performance
- Generate Responsibility
