Results for ADP 6-22

Army Leadership and the Profession

ADP 6-22 is the Army's leadership publication and the source of the leadership requirements model. It defines the Army profession, the Army Ethic, and what leaders are expected to be, know, and do. Expect it at every promotion board.

Leadership & Counseling

The leadership requirements model, developmental counseling that holds up, and the evaluation system from support form to senior rater box.

Developing Leaders

FM 6-22 is the how-to behind ADP 6-22: how leaders develop subordinates, build teams, improve their organizations, and develop themselves. The 1 November 2022 edition supersedes the 30 June 2015 manual, and the posted file incorporates change 2, dated 20 February 2025. It pairs directly with ATP 6-22.1 on feedback.

The Army

ADP 1 explains what the Army is for: who we serve, where our authority comes from, and what the Army contributes to the joint force. It is written as much for Congress, sister services, and partners as it is for Soldiers. Read it when you need the institutional answer to why the Army exists rather than how it fights.

Counseling, coaching, and mentoring

Three different developmental methods that get used as synonyms and should not be. Only one of them is directed by the chain of command, and only one of them is voluntary on both sides.

Developmental counseling: three types, four stages

ATP 6-22.1 defines event, performance, and professional growth counseling, and a four-stage process that runs from identifying the need through follow-up.

Levels of leadership

Direct, organizational, and strategic. The competencies stay the same at every level; the span, the time horizon, and the amount of face-to-face contact change.

The Army Values and the Warrior Ethos

Seven values remembered as LDRSHIP, and the four lines of the Warrior Ethos inside the Soldier's Creed. Board members expect these cold, and they expect you to explain what they mean.

The leadership requirements model

ADP 6-22 describes what a leader must be and what a leader must do: three attributes of character, presence, and intellect, and ten competencies grouped under leads, develops, and achieves.

Name the ten core leader competencies.

Under leads: leads others, builds trust, extends influence beyond the chain of command, leads by example, and communicates. Under develops: creates a positive environment and fosters esprit de corps, prepares self, develops others, and stewards the profession. Under achieves: gets results.

What are the Army Values?

Loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. The acronym is LDRSHIP.

What are the characteristics of the Army Profession?

Trust, honorable service, military expertise, stewardship, and esprit de corps.

What are the four lines of the Warrior Ethos?

I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade.

What are the three attributes of an Army leader?

Character, presence, and intellect.

What are the three categories of the core leader competencies?

Leads, develops, and achieves.

What are the three levels of leadership?

Direct, organizational, and strategic.

What falls under the attribute of character?

The Army Values, empathy, the Warrior Ethos and Service Ethos, discipline, and humility.

What falls under the attribute of intellect?

Mental agility, sound judgment, innovation, interpersonal tact, and expertise.

What falls under the attribute of presence?

Military and professional bearing, fitness, confidence, and resilience.

What is the Army definition of leadership?

Leadership is the activity of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization.