Organizational Leadership Chapter 3

Using a motivational practice that has been very successful in the past

The perceptions component of a GAPS analysis concerns how your abilities, skills, and behaviors affect others.

According to the new leader onboading roadmap, within the first two weeks, leaders should:

meet all team members

Technical competence is especially important for first-line supervisors because they:

spend a great amount of time training their followers

What is the fastest way to alter the culture and norms of a team?

Change the people in the team

What is most likely an outcome of regularly practicing a 10 percent stretch?

Decreasing apprehensions about trying new activities

What is most likely a benefit of keeping a journal?

Documenting ideas for future speeches

Which of the following would LEAST likely help a subordinate to better understand their superior's world?

Meeting with the superior's boss to evaluate their interaction and relationship

Why do followers most likely need to have a high level of technical competence?

Technical expertise plays a key role in supervisors'' performance appraisal ratings of subordinates

Which of the following is NOT an example of behaviors that could be considered a "10 percent stretch"?

Using a motivational practice that has been very successful in the past

During the first two weeks new leaders will want to have one-on-one meetings with their direct reports. Which of the following is a topic that should LEAST likely be discussed in those meetings?

What do team members like to do during their free time?

Which of the following is the LEAST likely way to learn from your leadership experience?

Holding regular staff meetings

During the first two weeks on the job, a new leader should schedule one-on-one meetings with peers. Which of the following issues should most likely be discussed with peers?

How issues are raised and decisions made on their boss's team

During the third month, leaders of large teams should have separate second meetings with direct reports that are held off-site. Which of the following is NOT one of the key issues that should be discussed with the direct reports during these meetings?

Identifying personal career goals

Why should task forces that are formed to work on key change initiatives be staffed by stars

Improves the odds of good recommendations being made

When a team has fewer than 15 people, what should new leaders do during the first two weeks?

Meet one-on-one with direct reports and group stars

Which of the following would be the best way to establish and maintain good peer relationships?

Recognize common interests and goals

Which of the following is not one of the seven specific steps for creating high-impact development plans?

Scheduling regular meetings with your superior

Which statement is most likely true about followers and superiors having effective working relationships?

Superiors and followers with good relationships tend to experience less conflict.

Based on the research of Peterson and Hicks, which statement about the development planning process is most likely FALSE?

The second phase in development planning requires conducting a formal GAPS analysis

New leaders have two critical tasks the first day on the job: to meet their new boss and new team. Which of the following topics should LEAST likely be discussed with the new boss?

Your assessment of the team's strengths and weaknesses