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Leadership And Motivation
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soft-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Coaching
Charisma
Pacesetting
Social Skill
2. Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundless of moral character; honestly.
Implementing
Integrity
Decisive
Pacesetting
3. A manager who gives little or no direction to workers.
Motivation
Pacesetting
Team
Open Leader
4. Used when a leader needs to give direct - clear - and precise orders and makes decision
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Ethics
Levels in the Affective Domain
Autocratic Leader
5. 1. Be consistent 2. Be passionate 3. Provide feedback 4. Make communication two-way 5. Issue calls in action 6. Choose media wisely
Tactical
Negotiation skills
Keys to succesfull communication
Emotional/Social Intelligence
6. First level of management; responsible for the work of a group of employees
Supervisors
Competent
Empathy
Motivating Others
7. The ability to understand people's emotional makeup
Autocratic Leader
Empathy
Tyrant
Pacesetting
8. Having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy.
Supervisors
Open Leader
Decisive
Motivational skills
9. 1. Self mastery - how you manage/master yourself. 2. You feel chemistry with person
Pacesetting
Organizing
Diversity
Emotional/Social Intelligence
10. To handle friction and inevitable tensions - - short-term - 'fighting fires'
Conflict-resolution skills
Interpersonal skills
Energizing Difficult People
Leadership Styles
11. Discipline and training of oneself - usually for improvement.
Integrity
Authoritative
Affiliative
Self-Disciplined
12. One who tries to figure out how to orchestrate people in order to get things done ...has very good social skills
Leader
Coaching
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Planning
13. Specialists in a specific area of the business
Mid-Management
Social Skill
Networking
Management
14. The ability to recognize and understand your moods - emotions - and drives as well as their effect on others
Planning
Motivation
Team
Self-awareness
15. 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
Top Management
Conflict-resolution skills
Motivation
Coaching
16. 1. Self-awareness 2. Self-regulation 3. Motivation 4. Empathy 5. Social Skill
Autocratic Leader
Characteristics of Leaders
Mid-Management
Humility
17. The ability to pursue goals with energy and persistence - for reasons that go beyond money or status
Motivation
Skills of successful leaders
Autocratic Leader
Controlling
18. To align people who may not report to you toward a goal - 'Get them excited!'
Energizing Difficult People
Motivational skills
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Charisma
19. Directing and leading people
Open Leader
Implementing
Motivating Others
Diversity
20. Determining to what extent the business is accomplishing the goals
Keys to succesfull communication
Controlling
Mixed
Negotiation skills
21. Management of Attention - Management of Meaning - Mangament of Trust - Management of Self
Self-regulation
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Motivating Others
22. 1. Communication skills 2. Interpersonal skills 3. Conflict-resolution skills 4. Negotiation skills 5. Motivational skills
Self-awareness
Skills of successful leaders
Motivation
Controlling
23. The ability to control or redirect disruptive impulses and moods - suspend judgment - and think before acting
Democratic Leader
Self-regulation
Planning
Tactical
24. Managers are less directive and involve employees in the decision-making
Self-Disciplined
Strategic
Management
Leadership
25. Analyzing of information - setting goals - and making decisions about what needs to be done
Planning
Open Leader
Leadership Styles
Keys to succesfull communication
26. The quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance - rank - etc.
Skills of successful leaders
Pacesetting
Humility
Management
27. The combination of tactical and strategic management
Mixed
Characteristics of Leaders
Autocratic Leader
Planning
28. A leader without ethics
Social Skill
Tyrant
Coercive
Interpersonal skills
29. 1. Coercive 2. Authoritative 3. Affiliative 4. Democratic 5. Pacesetting 6. Coaching
Management
Energizing Difficult People
Conflict-resolution skills
Leadership Styles
30. Creating a group of acquaintances and associates and keeping it active through regular communication for mutual benefits.
Networking
Self-regulation
Mixed
Integrity
31. Providing extrensic awards may...
Democratic Leader
Reduce intrinsic motivation in some cases
Organizing
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
32. External Factors: Benefits - working conditions - salary - etc. Internal Factors: Achievement - feedback - responsibility
Motivating Others
Levels in the Affective Domain
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Leader
33. Directive and controlling style of management
Tactical
Coaching
Negotiation skills
Affiliative
34. A spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people
Motivating Others
Self-awareness
Levels in the Affective Domain
Charisma
35. This style mobilizes people toward a vision. Specifically - it provides an overarching goal - but gives others the freedom to choose their own way of reaching it. This approach is most effective when a business is at sea and needs direction - or duri
Characteristics of Leaders
Diversity
Authoritative
Motivation
36. Judgment based on observable experience and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices.
Leadership Styles
Motivation
Objectivity
Mixed
37. One who includes employees in making decisions
Diversity
Democratic Leader
Initiative
Motivational skills
38. Executives responsible for the direction and success of the entire business
Integrity
Tactical
Organizing
Top Management
39. To listen and hear what people are saying and react in constructive ways (active listening).
Organizing
Interpersonal skills
Implementing
Coercive
40. Receiving - Responding - Valuing
Coercive
Democratic Leader
Levels in the Affective Domain
Charisma
41. Obtaining - training - and compensating employees
Staffing
Ethics
Characteristics of Leaders
Team
42. The process of accomplishing the goals of an organization through the effective use of people and other resources
Coaching
Conflict-resolution skills
Open Leader
Management
43. The way a manager treats and involves employees
Authoritative
Management Style
Emotional/Social Intelligence
Objectivity
44. The ability to manage relationships - build networks - and find common ground
Social Skill
Leadership Styles
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
Democratic Leader
45. To bring different groups together in order to reach mutually agreeable goals
Negotiation skills
Mid-Management
Motivating Others
Integrity
46. To speak and write persuasively
Coercive
Mid-Management
Communication skills
Diversity
47. The arrangement of resources in order to meet goals
Leadership Styles
Empathy
Mixed
Organizing
48. 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
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Energizing Difficult People
Self-Disciplined
Diversity
49. The ability to motivate individuals and groups to accomplish important goals
Open Leader
Leadership
Organizing
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
50. A group of people working harmoniously together to effectively achieve a common goal
Tyrant
Team
Implementing
Characteristics of Leaders