What are the four categories of the Coast Guard's leadership competencies?

• A. Leading Self, Leading Others, Leading Performance and Change, Leading the Coast Guard
• B. Leading Strategy, Leading People, Leading Safety, Leading Innovation
• C. Leading Self, Leading Managers, Leading Operations, Leading the Fleet
• D. Leading Change, Leading Teams, Leading Compliance, Leading the Coast Guard

Answer: (A)

The leadership framework rests on four categories: Leading Self, Leading Others, Leading Performance and Change, and Leading the Coast Guard. Leading Self focuses on personal accountability, integrity, self-awareness, and resilience—the foundation a leader builds in themselves before guiding others. Leading Others encompasses developing people, effective communication, coaching, and teamwork to enable the whole team to perform. Leading Performance and Change targets achieving results, managing resources wisely, and driving continuous improvement and transformation within the organization. Leading the Coast Guard centers on organizational leadership—aligning strategy with mission, ethical stewardship, culture, and representing the service to external audiences.

This set best captures the range from individual development to team leadership, performance execution, and overarching service leadership. Other phrasing sometimes appears in related materials—such as mentions of strategy, safety, or fleet—but those areas aren’t the formal four-category leadership-competency framework.