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