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