LDR 300 Wk 1 – Practice: Knowledge Check

Which of the following statements is true of women in leadership positions?

Multiple Choice

• Women were less likely than men to be willing to take career risks.
• Women were less analytical and forceful than men.
• Women’s commitment to their organizations was less guarded than that of their male counterparts.
• Women had significantly lower well-being scores than men.

According to Robert Kelley’s basic styles of followership, which of the following statements is true about pragmatist followers?

Multiple Choice

• They are the “yes people” of organizations.
• They usually point out all the negative aspects of their organization to others.
• They often present a distinct image, with either positive or negative characteristics.
• They are rarely committed to their group’s work goals.

Craig, a marketing manager at HeliZone Inc., rarely takes initiative or suggests new ideas during project meetings. He does his work halfheartedly and needs to be guided by his manager on a regular basis. According to Robert Kelley’s basic styles of followership, Craig most likely is a(n)

Multiple Choice

• passive follower
• pragmatist follower
• alienated follower
• conformist follower

Which of the following terms describes a kind of learning between an individual and the environment in which learners seek relatively little feedback that may significantly confront their fundamental ideas or actions?

Multiple Choice

• action learning
• deutero-learning
• double-loop learning
• single-loop learning

Which of the following involves a willingness to confront your own views and an invitation to others to do so, too?

Multiple Choice

• double-loop learning
• single-loop learning
• the self-fulfilling prophecy
• the fundamental attribution error

Which of the following fundamental archetypes of leadership is most likely to take risks and action in a crisis?

Multiple Choice

• The Revolutionary–Crusader archetype
• The Teacher–Mentor archetype
• The Visionary–Alchemist archetype
• The Warrior–Knight archetype

Which of the following is the first step while conducting a GAPS analysis?

Multiple Choice

• to obtain information about one’s strengths and development needs by asking others for feedback
• to clearly identify what one wants to do or where one wants to go with one’s career over the next year or so
• to write a journal that includes specialized knowledge or a number of skills that have helped one succeed in one’s previous jobs
• to identify the standards one’s boss or one’s organization has for one’s career objectives

Which of the following statements is true of a gaps-of-the-GAPS analysis?

Multiple Choice

• It helps leadership practitioners identify high-priority development needs.
• It clearly spells out what leaders need to do to meet their development needs.
• It builds in reflection time so that people can periodically review progress.
• It states career objectives indicating where one wants to be in one’s career a year or so in the future.

Which of the following statements is true about building effective relationships with superiors?

Multiple Choice

• Followers should play politics and distort information to make superiors look good, if required.
• Followers should take the blame solely on themselves for their teams’ failures.
• Followers should think of their own and their superior’s success as interdependent.
• Followers should be evaluated on the basis of their own success rather than on their team’s success.

In the context of the new leader onboarding road map, which of the following statements is true of new leaders in the first two weeks?

Multiple Choice

• They should avoid meeting their team’s stars to stay ahead of potential biases or conflicts.
• They should avoid meeting individuals who were once part of the team but have taken positions in other parts of the organization.
• They should schedule one-on-one meetings with all their peers in peers’ offices.
• They should try to maximize their personal interactions with direct reports.