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