Module 5.2 quiz (chap 10 and 11)
Our team feels a sense of unity and relatedness that helps us identify with the greater value of our organization because our leaders use of which characteristic of a servant leader? Awareness Building community Commitment to the growth of people Stewardship
Building community
Servant leadership focuses on the behaviors leaders should exhibit to (Choose all that apply) Successfully improve productivity Support followers' personal development Put followers first Improve followers' skills
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The type of leadership that focuses on the adaptations required of people in response to changing environments is Servant Transactional Adaptive Transformational
Adaptive
Which theory focuses predominantly on how the leader's activities relate to the followers and the context in which followers find themselves? Authentic Situational Adaptive Trait
Adaptive
I give my teaching assistants the freedom to set their own office hours and create grading rubrics for the assignments they independently grade. I am using which servant leader behavior? Empowering Persuasion Behaving ethically Creating value for the community
Empowering
I focus on the big picture and observe the problems as a whole but always stay fully engaged in the challenge with our employees. This is an example of which adaptive leader behavior? Identify adaptive challenges Get on the balcony Protect leadership voices from below Competing commitments
Get on the balcony
I have been working with the staff on a difficult problem for three days. Everyone is stressed and bickering and losing focus. I decide to go for a run, which is a time when I typically can quietly think and gain perspective on problems. This is an example of which adaptive leader behavior? Identify adaptive challenges Protect leadership voices from below Get on the balcony Speaking the unspeakable
Get on the balcony
Which leader behavior in the adaptive leadership model means the leader needs to encourage people to focus on the tough work that needs to be done? Identify adaptive challenges Regulate distress Maintain disciplined attention Give the work back to the people
Maintain disciplined attention
I provided a solution to a challenging problem that just made things worse. What did I do wrong according to adaptive leadership principles? -I tried to solve an adaptive problem using technical leadership -I did not apply adaptive leadership to this problem -I tried to solve a technical problem with adaptive leadership -I tried to take over the situation
I tried to solve an adaptive problem using technical leadership
Individuals who find servant leadership a form of micromanagement Lack one of the important outcomes of servant leadership Would enjoy working with a leader who uses servant leadership Are receptive to this style of leadership Lack one of the three antecedent conditions of servant leadership
Lack one of the three antecedent conditions of servant leadership
A leader needs to use the maintain disciplined attention behavior when -The determination of technical versus adaptive challenge has yet to be made -The holding environment is yet to be established -There is an issue that is being avoided that is pivotal to making the necessary change -People want to solve problems on their own
The holding environment is yet to be established
We avoid talking about the conflict that occurs when our leader lets one employee get away with coming in late to work every day. We all think it's because this employee is the only minority on the staff. This is an adaptive challenge identified by which archetype? Competing Commitments Gap Between Espoused Values and Behaviors Work Avoidance Speaking the Unspeakable
Work Avoidance
My leader is great at predicting the future based on past experiences. He is using which characteristic of a servant leader? Awareness Foresight Persuasion Empathy
foresight
I am a leader of employees in an auto manufacturing company that just merged with another company after a difficult buyout process. Employees will keep their jobs but will have to learn new systems and work with new people and supervisors, which makes them nervous and anxious about their work. This is an example of A technical challenge A technical and adaptive challenge A capacity challenge An adaptive challenge
An adaptive challenge
My leader tries to appreciate what I am thinking and feeling in our interactions; he is using which characteristic of a servant leader? Persuasion Listening Conceptualization Empathy
Empathy
I am a leader who has identified an adaptive challenge. What do I need to do now? Focus attention on the problem and establish collaboration between myself and my followers Focus attention on the solution then share it will the followers Provide followers with a solution that fits the problem and ask them for input Provide followers with a solution that fits the problem
Focus attention on the problem and establish collaboration between myself and my followers
Under servant leadership, followers may become servant leaders themselves. This is an example of what? Leadership duplication Organizational performance Societal impact Follower performance and growth
Follower performance and growth
The concept that servant leaders care about the personal well-being of their followers is best expressed by which characteristic of servant leadership? Persuasion Stewardship Awareness Healing
Healing
Helping followers to grow and succeed and creating value for the community are both behaviors of which type of leadership? Transformational leadership Servant leadership Authentic leadership Transactional leadership
Servant leadership
My leader takes careful responsibility for managing the resources of our organization. This is an example of which characteristic of a servant leader? Stewardship Conceptualization Commitment to the growth of people Persuasion
Stewardship