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