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