INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP: DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE LDR/320T

When building a new team or determining where an existing team is falling short, identify the components leaders using the Rocket Model of Team Effectiveness should always start with before moving to other parts of the model. (check all that apply.)

- Context - Mission - Talent components

In the context of leadership, identify the guidelines for individuals giving feedback to be helpful. (check all that apply.)

- They should give feedback only about behaviors actually under the other person's control. - They should avoid being emotional. - They should be clear.

Which type of feedback is most helpful for a subordinate?

Both positive and negative

____ allows leaders to free themselves of time-consuming chores, give followers developmental opportunities, and increase the number of tasks accomplished by the work group, team, or committee.

Delegation

True or false: Feedback designed to embarrass or demean an individual is appropriate in some cases?

False

Match the levels of individual, interpersonal, team, and organizational training (in the left column) with the associated questions (in the right column).

Individual - What do I bring to and need from the group? Interpersonal - What do you bring to and need from the group? Team - What will we do? Organizational - How will we organize and create?

In the context of an organization, match the components of feedback skills (in the left column) with their descriptions (in the right column).

Knowledge Component - concerns knowing when, where, and what feedback is to be given. Behavioral Component - concerns how feedback actually is delivered. Evaluative Component - concerns examining whether recipients actually modify their behavior accordingly after receiving it.

Which of the following is not a reason to be flexible when giving feedback?

Providing feedback right away could allow everyone to forget about the behavior and just move on.

____ should focus on the problem component of the Rocket Model because they limit the potential of their teams by rarely teaching them how to win.

Public and private sector leaders

Which of the following is not true of the role of morale in team effectiveness?

Teams with high levels of cohesion rarely experience interpersonal conflict.

Which of the following is not a common reason for avoiding delegation?

The task is undesirable.

True or false: Despite it apparent benefits, leaders may still perceive delegation as a risky career move?

True

When is feedback most helpful?

When it is specific and points out behaviors to change.

Effective delegation includes all of the following except?

allocating blame where it is deserved.

Highly effective facilitators leading interventions should

be able to do all of these.

Delegation affects the organization in all of the following ways except:

delegation shows that subordinates can be manipulated.

To delegate a task effectively in an organizational setting, leaders should ____.

indicate what is to be accomplished

The rules that govern how teams make decisions, conduct meetings, get work done, hold team members accountable for results, and share information refer to the ____ component of the Rocket Model of Team Effectiveness.

norms

Team leaders can build buy-in doing all of the following except

providing the necessary talent

When providing feedback

stick to the facts as a general rule.

The number of skills of people needed to achieve team results refers to ____ in the Rocket Model of Team Effectiveness.

talent