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