The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) questions to General Sullivan reflect Mintzberg’s executive leadership (10 CEO) roles extensively. His ten CEO roles are: figurehead, leader, liaison, monitor, disseminator, spokesperson, decisional, entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator and negotiator (Bullis, Hill and Yuengert, 2, 3, 4 & 5). Mintzberg also breaks these roles down into the three categories of interpersonal, informational and decisional.

Mintzberg’s executive leadership roles aligns with the SASC questions to General Sullivan as follows: As figurehead, General Sullivan will represent the US Army providing Congressional Oversight. Being a leader, he will influence reforms such as promotion procedures and force reductions.