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C203
Becoming an Effective Leader
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Explain how leadership differs from management | Leaders deal with change, inspiration, motivation, and influence. Interpersonal part of managing. Managers plan, control, organize, and direct (lead). Administrative part of managing. |
| Describe how leadership influences organizational performance. | |
| Describe several important leadership roles | 1. Figure head 2. spokesperson 3. negotiator 4. coach and motivator 5. team builder 6. team player 7. technical problem solver 8. entrepreneur 9. strategic planner 10. executor |
| Describe the benefits and challenges associated with leadership roles. | |
| Explain how leadership skills are developed. | |
| Describe how traits, attitudes, and behaviors of a follower impact leadership. | |
| Organizational relationships. | |
| Roles of Leaders and managers. | |
| Difference between leadership and management leadership theory. | |
| Developing effective leadership skills. | |
| Describe trait leadership theory. | |
| Describe how emotional intelligence contributes to leadership effectiveness. | |
| Describe how cognitive factors contribute to leadership effectiveness. | |
| Describe how heredity and environment influence leadership effectiveness. | |
| Discuss your leadership style including its strengths and weaknesses. | |
| personality traits of effective leaders | |
| leadership motives | |
| cognitive factors and leadership | |
| trait approach of leadership | |
| Describe transformational leadership theory | |
| Describe charismatic leadership theory | |
| Describe the differences among the various leadership theories. | |
| charismatic leadership | |
| Transformational leadership | |
| Vision | |
| Personal brand | |
| Explain the leadership dimensions of initiating structure and consideration. | |
| Describe task-oriented leadership behaviors. | |
| Describe relationship-oriented leadership behaviors. | |
| Explain how leaders use 360-degree feedback to improve their own performance and the performance of their team. | |
| Describe the differences between autocratic and participative leadership styles. | |
| Describe the entrepreneurial style of leadership and gender differences in this leadership style. | |
| Describe how to adapt your leadership style to a given situation. | |
| leadership behaviors, attitudes, approach, and the pros and cons of each role. | |
| leadership styles | |
| participative leadership vs. autocratic leadership | |
| gender differences | |
| Describe contingency leadership theory | |
| Describe situational leadership theory | |
| contingency theory of leadership | |
| path-goal theory of leadership | |
| situational leadership | |
| normative decision model | |
| leadership during a crisis | |
| Describe the sources of power | |
| Describe tactics leaders use to empower others. | |
| Describe how delegation techniques support empowerment. | |
| Describe factors that contribute to organizational politics and dysfunctional politics. | |
| Describe ethical and unethical political behaviors. | |
| positional power and personal power | |
| being an empowering leader | |
| effectiveness and delegation | |
| organizational politics | |
| standards of performance | |
| positional power and personal power | |
| being an empowering leader | |
| effectiveness and delegation | |
| organizational politics | |
| standards of performance | |
| tactics and strategies | |
| describe the relationship between power and influence | |
| Describe how leadership behaviors fit the spectrum of influence tactics. | |
| Summarize empirical research about the effectiveness and sequencing of influence tactics. | |
| neutrality | |
| dishonesty and unethical tactics | |
| organizational change | |
| effectiveness and influence | |
| leadership influence | |
| leadership theories | |
| explain the leader's role in employee engagement | |
| Describe the leader's role in expectancy theory | |
| Describe goal theory | |
| Describe how leaders can motivate others through recognition | |
| Describe how leaders can motivate others using social equity theory. | |
| Describe how to use coaching skills and techniques | |
| expectancy theory and motivational skills | |
| goal theory | |
| equity theory | |
| coaching skills and techniques | |
| Describe the steps in the creative process. | |
| Describe characteristics of creative problem solvers. | |
| Apply creative, untraditional approaches to business problems as a leader. | |
| Describe how to establish an environment that fosters creativity. | |
| Describe how leadership practices contribute to organizational innovation. | |
| creative process and strategy | |
| creative problem solving | |
| describe the nature of strategic leadership | |
| explain how to use the SWOT model in strategic planning | |
| Explain the difference between corporate strategy and business strategy | |
| Describe how leaders contribute to knowledge management and the learning organization. | |
| nature of strategic leadership | |
| conducting a SWOT analysis | |
| knowledge management and learning organizations | |
| Describe advantages and disadvantages of diverse workforce. | |
| Describe advantages and disadvantages of leading a diverse work group. | |
| Explain how cultural sensitivity and cultural intelligence contribute to leadership effectiveness. | |
| Describe leadership initiatives that promote diversity. | |
| cultural sensitivity and cultural intelligence in leadership | |
| global leadership skills | |
| explain how to develop leadership skills through self-awareness and self-discipline | |
| Explain how to develop leadership skills through education, formal development programs, experience, and mentoring. | |
| Describe leadership succession planning. | |
| development | |
| succession planning | |
| Define organizational culture. | |
| Describe values, assumptions, and artifacts of organizational culture. | |
| Describe the leader's role in creating organizational culture. | |
| Describe when an organizational culture may need to change. | |
| the role organizational culture plays in leadership and quality management. |