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Leadership And Motivation
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First level of management; responsible for the work of a group of employees
Charisma
Self-awareness
Motivation
Supervisors
2. A system of moral principles
Tactical
Objectivity
Negotiation skills
Ethics
3. Judgment based on observable experience and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices.
Characteristics of Leaders
Tyrant
Objectivity
Reduce intrinsic motivation in some cases
4. 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
Affiliative
Motivation
Diversity
Pacesetting
5. 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
Integrity
Management Style
Coaching
Pacesetting
6. 1. Self-awareness 2. Self-regulation 3. Motivation 4. Empathy 5. Social Skill
Humility
Characteristics of Leaders
Mixed
Leader
7. One who includes employees in making decisions
Leadership Styles
Democratic Leader
Top Management
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
8. Vision - Communication - Trust - Self-Management
9. 1. Self mastery - how you manage/master yourself. 2. You feel chemistry with person
Competent
Emotional/Social Intelligence
Characteristics of Leaders
Skills of successful leaders
10. The ability to manage relationships - build networks - and find common ground
Competent
Authoritative
Reduce intrinsic motivation in some cases
Social Skill
11. Discipline and training of oneself - usually for improvement.
Democratic Leader
Open Leader
Ethics
Self-Disciplined
12. 1. Coercive 2. Authoritative 3. Affiliative 4. Democratic 5. Pacesetting 6. Coaching
Decisive
Integrity
Team
Leadership Styles
13. The combination of tactical and strategic management
Mixed
Objectivity
Keys to succesfull communication
Networking
14. The ability to control or redirect disruptive impulses and moods - suspend judgment - and think before acting
Skills of successful leaders
Levels in the Affective Domain
Self-regulation
Affiliative
15. 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.
Energizing Difficult People
Motivation
Staffing
Diversity
16. Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundless of moral character; honestly.
Ethics
Interpersonal skills
Autocratic Leader
Integrity
17. 1. Communication skills 2. Interpersonal skills 3. Conflict-resolution skills 4. Negotiation skills 5. Motivational skills
Management Style
Skills of successful leaders
Leader
Decisive
18. Executives responsible for the direction and success of the entire business
Humility
Conflict-resolution skills
Top Management
Empathy
19. Analyzing of information - setting goals - and making decisions about what needs to be done
Interpersonal skills
Organizing
Implementing
Planning
20. To speak and write persuasively
Self-awareness
Motivation
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Communication skills
21. Determining to what extent the business is accomplishing the goals
Implementing
Negotiation skills
Controlling
Mixed
22. The way a manager treats and involves employees
Communication skills
Leadership Styles
Initiative
Management Style
23. One who tries to figure out how to orchestrate people in order to get things done ...has very good social skills
Top Management
Motivation
Ethics
Leader
24. Receiving - Responding - Valuing
Affiliative
Mid-Management
Levels in the Affective Domain
Skills of successful leaders
25. 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
Management Style
Keys to succesfull communication
Mixed
Energizing Difficult People
26. 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
Integrity
Self-awareness
Pacesetting
Organizing
27. Management of Attention - Management of Meaning - Mangament of Trust - Management of Self
Levels in the Affective Domain
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Mixed
Self-regulation
28. Obtaining - training - and compensating employees
Mid-Management
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Staffing
Pacesetting
29. The ability to recognize and understand your moods - emotions - and drives as well as their effect on others
Planning
Self-regulation
Decisive
Self-awareness
30. An introductory act or step; leading action
Leadership
Tyrant
Initiative
Top Management
31. 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
Authoritative
Coaching
Autocratic Leader
Coercive
32. The quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance - rank - etc.
Decisive
Energizing Difficult People
Humility
Affiliative
33. Directive and controlling style of management
Motivation
Tactical
Team
Autocratic Leader
34. The process of accomplishing the goals of an organization through the effective use of people and other resources
Keys to succesfull communication
Mixed
Management
Democratic Leader
35. Specialists in a specific area of the business
Conflict-resolution skills
Staffing
Organizing
Mid-Management
36. A manager who gives little or no direction to workers.
Levels in the Affective Domain
Planning
Coaching
Open Leader
37. The ability to motivate individuals and groups to accomplish important goals
Leadership
Levels in the Affective Domain
Open Leader
Keys to succesfull communication
38. The ability to pursue goals with energy and persistence - for reasons that go beyond money or status
Autocratic Leader
Motivation
Tyrant
Diversity
39. Directing and leading people
Implementing
Self-regulation
Integrity
Affiliative
40. To listen and hear what people are saying and react in constructive ways (active listening).
Interpersonal skills
Leadership Styles
Staffing
Planning
41. Managers are less directive and involve employees in the decision-making
Leadership
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
Leadership Styles
Strategic
42. External Factors: Benefits - working conditions - salary - etc. Internal Factors: Achievement - feedback - responsibility
Integrity
Mid-Management
Interpersonal skills
Motivating Others
43. Having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy.
Motivational skills
Levels in the Affective Domain
Coaching
Decisive
44. Used when a leader needs to give direct - clear - and precise orders and makes decision
Management
Self-awareness
Charisma
Autocratic Leader
45. To handle friction and inevitable tensions - - short-term - 'fighting fires'
Conflict-resolution skills
Self-regulation
Mixed
Coaching
46. The ability to understand people's emotional makeup
Empathy
Mixed
Communication skills
Motivating Others
47. A group of people working harmoniously together to effectively achieve a common goal
Ethics
Team
Conflict-resolution skills
Charisma
48. The arrangement of resources in order to meet goals
Interpersonal skills
Organizing
Autocratic Leader
Self-regulation
49. To bring different groups together in order to reach mutually agreeable goals
Authoritative
Negotiation skills
Keys to succesfull communication
Coercive
50. 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
Self-regulation
Authoritative
Democratic Leader
Implementing