Marine Leader Development

Question 1

What is Marine Leader Development?

Answer 1

It is a framework that approaches leadership from the perspective of six functional area of leadership development: Fidelity, Fighter, Fitness, Family, Finance, and Future.

Question 2

What is Fidelity?

Answer 2

• Faithfulness to one another, our Corps, and the Nation.
• This area addresses Marine Corps and unit heritage, core values, ethics and Marine Corps leadership traits and principles.

Question 3

What is Fighter?

Answer 3

• This addresses professional and career development, communication skills, and off-duty education.

Question 4

What is Fitness?

Answer 4

-This addresses the areas of mind, body, spirit, and social fitness.

Question 5

What is Family?

Answer 5

• This section addresses relationships, marriage, parenting and family readiness.
• “Family” IS the bedrock, fundamental social relationships from which Marines draw strength, and cumulatively make a stronger Corps

Question 6

What is Finances?

Answer 6

• This section addresses fundamentals of personal finance to include budgeting, saving, debt management and investing.
• “Finance” refers to the disciplined practices of personal, financial responsibility.

Question 7

What is Future?

Answer 7

• This section addresses goal-setting, time management and transitioning back to society.
• Refers to the practice of setting and accomplishing goals in all of the other five functional areas of leadership development.
• Goal-setting maximizes the likelihood of personal and professional success, which carries through to civilian life.

Question 8

What is the relationship between officer and enlisted?

Answer 8

• It should not be that of a superior and inferior nor that of master and servant.
• Teacher and scholar.
• Father and son

Question 9

What are components of Marine Corps leadership traits?

Answer 9

• Leaders are Educators
• Leaders are Mentors
• Leaders respect others
• Leaders delegate

Question 10

What are some styles of leadership?

Answer 10

• Coaching: “Which attempts to summon the best from the troops
• Persuasive or delegating: gain the committed performance of subordinates and encourages subordinate initiative”
• Autocratic: ‘Telling or Directing.’

Question 11

What are some Marine Corps leadership principles?

Answer 11

• A Spirit of Comradeship and Brotherhood between Officer and Enlisted
• Officers and Enlisted are as to Teachers - Scholars and Father – Son
• Leaders’ Responsibility for Moral Development and Wellbeing
• The Duty to Return Marines to Society as Better Citizens.
• Cultivating the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Fitness
• Ensuring Continuous Physical, Mental, and Moral Development

Question 12

What is the teacher scholar leadership model?

Answer 12

• Leadership skills must be built from the ground up analogous to a house.
• The base/foundation are ethics: how we stand on issues, how we make decisions, and how we approach those issues are individuals.
• Our actions are a manifestation of our ethics /values
• The next base layer is ethos: understanding the Corps culture
• The pillars decision making: the three pillars are communication, understanding, and decision,
• The roof is leadership: you are then charged with a duty to lead and develop your Marines into not only competent and skillful Marines, but also contributing members of society once they leave the Corps.