2) As a manager seeks to develop her leadership skills, she should be aware that: A) Leadership is primarily about personal efficiency B) Leadership is first and foremost about establishing a personal bond with employees C) Many different styles of leadership can be effective D) There is one best leadership style to which all managers should aspire 3) In a Harvard Business Review article, consultant Ben Dattner emphasizes the importance of giving credit to others for their good ideas and successes, both in private and in public

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2) As a manager seeks to develop her leadership skills, she should be aware that:

A) Leadership is primarily about personal efficiency

B) Leadership is first and foremost about establishing a personal bond with employees

C) Many different styles of leadership can be effective

D) There is one best leadership style to which all managers should aspire

3) In a Harvard Business Review article, consultant Ben Dattner emphasizes the importance of giving credit to others for their good ideas and successes, both in private and in public. A leader with (humility, egotism, will, discipline) would generally behave in this way.

4) Ken Blanchard talks about putting people first. Which of the following characteristics of an authentic leader is most similar to that concept?

A) Pursues purpose with passion

B) Practices solid values

C) Demonstrates self-discipline

D) Connects with others

5) (Male managers, Female managers, neither male nor female managers) scored higher than the other gender on abilities such as motivating others, fostering communication, and listening.

6) If you needed to choose a motto for an interactive leader like Mary Barra to use at GM, which of the following would be most appropriate?

A) Customers will drive our innovation

B) Safety and quality first, profits second

C) We are all in this together

D) With great risk comes great reward

7) Ensuring that correct invoices go to customers (Leadership, Management), Communicating a vision to employees (Leadership, Management)

8) The six characteristics in this table are associated with leadership, but the best leaders focus on their (traits, strength, style, personality). These are natural talents reinforced through learning and practice.

9) Which of the following statements concerning the relationship between leader characteristics and leader performance are true? Check all that apply.

A- Early research found that there is only a weak relationship between leader performance and leader characteristics.

B-Traits can be more or less strongly linked to performance, depending on the leader’s situation.

C- People have to have all of the leadership traits shown in the table in order to be effective leaders.

D- Few leaders have all of the traits commonly associated with leadership.

10) When a manager clearly communicates important goals to her employees and indicates that she will hold them accountable for meeting those goals, she is engaged in (job-centered leadership, people-oriented behavior, consideration, initiating structure).

11) Leadership Style Follower Readiness Task Behaviors Relationship Behaviors

1_____ High Low Low

2_____ Moderately High Low High

3_____ Moderately Low High High

4_____ Low    High Low

(Selling, Telling, Delegating, Participating)

12) In the (coaching, entrusting, directing, supporting) leadership style, the leader shares ideas with subordinates, gives them a chance to participate, and facilitates decision making.

13) The (supporting and entrusting, entrusting and coaching, coaching and supporting) leadership styles work for followers at moderate readiness levels.

14) When a work situation factor prevents a leader from displaying a task-oriented or people-oriented behavior, or both, that factor is a (leadership neutralizer, substitute for leadership).

15) Brendan is a manager in a chocolate factory. His team works on an assembly line; workers fill boxes that come at a fixed rate of speed. The workers can easily see whether the boxes are filled correctly. Brendan schedules a team meeting to celebrate packing the millionth box. Brendan’s (task-oriented, people-oriented) leadership behavior is likely to be (ineffective, effective), because (low position power, intrinsic satisfaction, automatic feedback, physical separation), (substitutes for, has no effect on, neutralizes) this leadership behavior.