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Leadership And Motivation
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A manager who gives little or no direction to workers.
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Humility
Pacesetting
Open Leader
2. The arrangement of resources in order to meet goals
Management
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Organizing
Mid-Management
3. To align people who may not report to you toward a goal - 'Get them excited!'
Team
Leadership Styles
Motivational skills
Pacesetting
4. A group of people working harmoniously together to effectively achieve a common goal
Leader
Team
Self-Disciplined
Organizing
5. Having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy.
Team
Implementing
Decisive
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
6. A spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people
Autocratic Leader
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Democratic Leader
Charisma
7. First level of management; responsible for the work of a group of employees
Strategic
Open Leader
Supervisors
Staffing
8. The ability to pursue goals with energy and persistence - for reasons that go beyond money or status
Humility
Networking
Mid-Management
Motivation
9. To listen and hear what people are saying and react in constructive ways (active listening).
Interpersonal skills
Charisma
Characteristics of Leaders
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
10. Directing and leading people
Implementing
Team
Interpersonal skills
Ethics
11. Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundless of moral character; honestly.
Social Skill
Integrity
Empathy
Autocratic Leader
12. This 'do what I say' style demands immediate compliance. It is especially useful in turnaround situations - in a crisis - and with problem employees. However - using this style inhibits your organization's flexibility and can dampen employee motivati
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Mid-Management
Motivational skills
Coercive
13. This style expects excellence and self-direction. It works best for highly skilled and motivated people who work well on their own. Other people - however - may feel overwhelmed by a pacesetting leader's demands for excellence. Their self-esteem - tr
Autocratic Leader
Authoritative
Leader
Pacesetting
14. The way a manager treats and involves employees
Leadership Styles
Mid-Management
Management Style
Motivational skills
15. 1. Communication skills 2. Interpersonal skills 3. Conflict-resolution skills 4. Negotiation skills 5. Motivational skills
Keys to succesfull communication
Supervisors
Skills of successful leaders
Strategic
16. This 'people-first' style engenders the creation of emotional bonds and team harmony. It is best used when team coherence is important or in times of low employee morale. But this approach's focus on praise may permit poor performance among employees
Strategic
Organizing
Competent
Affiliative
17. The quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance - rank - etc.
Negotiation skills
Coaching
Integrity
Humility
18. One who includes employees in making decisions
Motivational skills
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
Democratic Leader
Networking
19. The ability to motivate individuals and groups to accomplish important goals
Characteristics of Leaders
Communication skills
Emotional/Social Intelligence
Leadership
20. This style focuses on personal development. Coaching leaders help people identify their strengths and weaknesses - and tie them to their career aspirations. While this style is highly successful with people who want to change or improve professionall
Democratic Leader
Negotiation skills
Coaching
Motivation
21. The combination of tactical and strategic management
Conflict-resolution skills
Mixed
Management
Planning
22. Discipline and training of oneself - usually for improvement.
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
Mid-Management
Self-Disciplined
Staffing
23. An introductory act or step; leading action
Mixed
Open Leader
Initiative
Staffing
24. Used when a leader needs to give direct - clear - and precise orders and makes decision
Keys to succesfull communication
Autocratic Leader
Implementing
Leadership
25. Determining to what extent the business is accomplishing the goals
Management Style
Planning
Motivational skills
Controlling
26. Questions to ask in order to understand the employee and the problem 1. What drives the employee? 2. How are you contributing to the problem? - Consider range of outcomes - Discuss problem and reach resolution - Describe problem from your perspectiv
Coercive
Initiative
Controlling
Energizing Difficult People
27. Managers are less directive and involve employees in the decision-making
Strategic
Leadership
Tyrant
Leadership Styles
28. Obtaining - training - and compensating employees
Staffing
Levels in the Affective Domain
Coaching
Open Leader
29. External Factors: Benefits - working conditions - salary - etc. Internal Factors: Achievement - feedback - responsibility
Mixed
Motivating Others
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Self-awareness
30. One who tries to figure out how to orchestrate people in order to get things done ...has very good social skills
Motivating Others
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Integrity
Leader
31. A leader without ethics
Tyrant
Characteristics of Leaders
Open Leader
Humility
32. Internal and external factors that simulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested in and committed to a job - role - subject - and to exert persistent effort in attaining a goal.
Ethics
Management Style
Motivation
Open Leader
33. Having suitable or sufficient skill - knowledge - experience - etc. - for some purpose.
Competent
Pacesetting
Open Leader
Organizing
34. Analyzing of information - setting goals - and making decisions about what needs to be done
Planning
Leadership Styles
Leader
Tyrant
35. The process of accomplishing the goals of an organization through the effective use of people and other resources
Management
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Characteristics of Leaders
Charisma
36. The ability to control or redirect disruptive impulses and moods - suspend judgment - and think before acting
Controlling
Management Style
Self-regulation
Conflict-resolution skills
37. Directive and controlling style of management
Keys to succesfull communication
Strategic
Energizing Difficult People
Tactical
38. Executives responsible for the direction and success of the entire business
Top Management
Staffing
Decisive
Humility
39. Judgment based on observable experience and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices.
Ethics
Mid-Management
Objectivity
Communication skills
40. Creating a group of acquaintances and associates and keeping it active through regular communication for mutual benefits.
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
Staffing
Networking
Communication skills
41. Receiving - Responding - Valuing
Levels in the Affective Domain
Self-Disciplined
Tactical
Emotional/Social Intelligence
42. To bring different groups together in order to reach mutually agreeable goals
Initiative
Negotiation skills
Charisma
Tyrant
43. 1. Self mastery - how you manage/master yourself. 2. You feel chemistry with person
Conflict-resolution skills
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Emotional/Social Intelligence
Motivation
44. Providing extrensic awards may...
Characteristics of Leaders
Organizing
Competent
Reduce intrinsic motivation in some cases
45. Feature of a mixed workforce that provides a wide range of abilities - experience - knowledge - and strengths due to its heterogeneity in age - background - ethnicity - physical abilities - political and religious beliefs - sex - and other attributes
Diversity
Motivation
Mid-Management
Motivation
46. Vision - Communication - Trust - Self-Management
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47. Specialists in a specific area of the business
Negotiation skills
Decisive
Mid-Management
Empathy
48. To handle friction and inevitable tensions - - short-term - 'fighting fires'
Pacesetting
Motivation
Conflict-resolution skills
Open Leader
49. A system of moral principles
Energizing Difficult People
Ethics
Characteristics of Leaders
Diversity
50. The ability to understand people's emotional makeup
Empathy
Ethics
Authoritative
Energizing Difficult People