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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. Self mastery - how you manage/master yourself. 2. You feel chemistry with person
Levels in the Affective Domain
Mid-Management
Emotional/Social Intelligence
Management
2. 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
Motivating Others
Authoritative
Tactical
Pacesetting
3. The ability to manage relationships - build networks - and find common ground
Competent
Decisive
Social Skill
Emotional/Social Intelligence
4. The way a manager treats and involves employees
Management Style
Tactical
Diversity
Energizing Difficult People
5. 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
Autocratic Leader
Democratic Leader
Affiliative
Motivation
6. One who gives little or no direction to employees
Self-regulation
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Leadership
Leader
7. The combination of tactical and strategic management
Competent
Self-Disciplined
Mixed
Initiative
8. The ability to recognize and understand your moods - emotions - and drives as well as their effect on others
Characteristics of Leaders
Self-awareness
Team
Emotional/Social Intelligence
9. 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
Tactical
Authoritative
Motivational skills
Ethics
10. First level of management; responsible for the work of a group of employees
Energizing Difficult People
Interpersonal skills
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Supervisors
11. Analyzing of information - setting goals - and making decisions about what needs to be done
Humility
Management
Planning
Self-awareness
12. Executives responsible for the direction and success of the entire business
Motivating Others
Autocratic Leader
Top Management
Pacesetting
13. Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundless of moral character; honestly.
Controlling
Tyrant
Integrity
Ethics
14. 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
Strategic
Coercive
Implementing
Pacesetting
15. 1. Be consistent 2. Be passionate 3. Provide feedback 4. Make communication two-way 5. Issue calls in action 6. Choose media wisely
Integrity
Autocratic Leader
Keys to succesfull communication
Motivational skills
16. A group of people working harmoniously together to effectively achieve a common goal
Team
Mixed
Controlling
Leadership Styles
17. Directing and leading people
Decisive
Implementing
Motivation
Initiative
18. To handle friction and inevitable tensions - - short-term - 'fighting fires'
Team
Objectivity
Affiliative
Conflict-resolution skills
19. 1. Coercive 2. Authoritative 3. Affiliative 4. Democratic 5. Pacesetting 6. Coaching
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
Pacesetting
Supervisors
Leadership Styles
20. Having suitable or sufficient skill - knowledge - experience - etc. - for some purpose.
Competent
Supervisors
Leader
Initiative
21. To listen and hear what people are saying and react in constructive ways (active listening).
Management
Interpersonal skills
Integrity
Characteristics of Leaders
22. Creating a group of acquaintances and associates and keeping it active through regular communication for mutual benefits.
Self-Disciplined
Top Management
Self-regulation
Networking
23. 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.
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
Levels in the Affective Domain
Motivation
Energizing Difficult People
24. The ability to understand people's emotional makeup
Self-awareness
Empathy
Management
Levels in the Affective Domain
25. A manager who gives little or no direction to workers.
Open Leader
Organizing
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
Energizing Difficult People
26. Used when a leader needs to give direct - clear - and precise orders and makes decision
Autocratic Leader
Top Management
Strategic
Social Skill
27. The arrangement of resources in order to meet goals
Organizing
Skills of successful leaders
Negotiation skills
Affiliative
28. To align people who may not report to you toward a goal - 'Get them excited!'
Leadership
Motivational skills
Strategic
Levels in the Affective Domain
29. Discipline and training of oneself - usually for improvement.
Controlling
Empathy
Self-Disciplined
Levels in the Affective Domain
30. Management of Attention - Management of Meaning - Mangament of Trust - Management of Self
Motivational skills
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Supervisors
Initiative
31. To bring different groups together in order to reach mutually agreeable goals
Networking
Emotional/Social Intelligence
Decisive
Negotiation skills
32. External Factors: Benefits - working conditions - salary - etc. Internal Factors: Achievement - feedback - responsibility
Motivating Others
Self-regulation
Management Style
Levels in the Affective Domain
33. The process of accomplishing the goals of an organization through the effective use of people and other resources
Mixed
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Emotional/Social Intelligence
Management
34. Having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy.
Integrity
Decisive
Motivating Others
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
35. A spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people
Diversity
Charisma
Keys to succesfull communication
Controlling
36. Obtaining - training - and compensating employees
Staffing
Interpersonal skills
Motivating Others
Competent
37. Specialists in a specific area of the business
Skills of successful leaders
Humility
Mid-Management
Ethics
38. 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
Reduce intrinsic motivation in some cases
Autocratic Leader
Self-Disciplined
39. 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
Charisma
Controlling
Diversity
Team
40. Providing extrensic awards may...
Management Style
Staffing
Motivating Others
Reduce intrinsic motivation in some cases
41. Receiving - Responding - Valuing
Initiative
Objectivity
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
Levels in the Affective Domain
42. Managers are less directive and involve employees in the decision-making
Strategic
Management
Coaching
Empathy
43. Vision - Communication - Trust - Self-Management
44. The ability to control or redirect disruptive impulses and moods - suspend judgment - and think before acting
Pacesetting
Skills of successful leaders
Self-regulation
Objectivity
45. One who includes employees in making decisions
Democratic Leader
Motivation
Emotional/Social Intelligence
Autocratic Leader
46. 1. Self-awareness 2. Self-regulation 3. Motivation 4. Empathy 5. Social Skill
Motivational skills
Self-awareness
Pacesetting
Characteristics of Leaders
47. Judgment based on observable experience and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices.
Diversity
Mixed
Objectivity
Self-regulation
48. To speak and write persuasively
Communication skills
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
Motivational skills
Humility
49. The ability to motivate individuals and groups to accomplish important goals
Negotiation skills
Supervisors
Networking
Leadership
50. 1. Communication skills 2. Interpersonal skills 3. Conflict-resolution skills 4. Negotiation skills 5. Motivational skills
Skills of successful leaders
Motivating Others
Diversity
Leadership Styles