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