Question 1

In this step of informal coaching, leaders determine what drives their followers and where they want to go with their careers.

Accepted Answer

A) Forging a partnership 
B) Inspire commitment 
C) Growing skills 
D) Promote persistence 
A) Forging a partnership 
B) Inspire commitment 
C) Growing skills 
D) Promote persistence A

Question 2

Define double-loop learning.

Accepted Answer

Double-loop learning involves a willingness to confront one's own views and an invitation to others to do so, too. It is associated with a view that openness to information and power sharing with others can lead to better recognition and definition of problems, improved communication and increased decision-making effectiveness.

Question 3

Leaders and followers use development plans as a road map for changing their own behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Double-loop learning is the process of learning something that one already predicted, as in the "self-fulfilling prophecy".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The tendency to overestimate the dispositional factors and underestimate environmental factors in someone else's failure is fundamental attribution error.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Leadership development is enhanced when experience involves the three processes of

Accepted Answer

A) stopping, looking and listening. 
B) perception, attribution and learning. 
C) action, observation and reflection. 
D) action, behavior and consequence. 
A) stopping, looking and listening. 
B) perception, attribution and learning. 
C) action, observation and reflection. 
D) action, behavior and consequence.

Question 7

Explain how techniques such as role playing, in-basket exercises and leaderless group discussions enhance leadership training.

Accepted Answer

In role playing, learners are assigned p

Question 8

What is the advantage of role playing as a leadership concept?

Accepted Answer

A) Individualized feedback to students through leadership behavior ratings. 
B) Depict the challenges commonly faced in the work environment. 
C) Used as a vehicle for leadership discussions. 
D) Greater transferability to the workplace. 
A) Individualized feedback to students through leadership behavior ratings. 
B) Depict the challenges commonly faced in the work environment. 
C) Used as a vehicle for leadership discussions. 
D) Greater transferability to the workplace.

Question 9

Write a short discussion on the five steps of informal coaching.

Accepted Answer

Informal coaching takes place whenever a

Question 10

Successful executives mention all of the following as negative feelings while describing how they feel while working through potent developmental experiences except feeling

Accepted Answer

A) uncertain. 
B) overwhelmed. 
C) fearful. 
D) challenged. 
A) uncertain. 
B) overwhelmed. 
C) fearful. 
D) challenged.

Question 11

A situation in which one's expectations or predictions help determine the very results predicted is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) attribution. 
B) fundamental attribution error. 
C) self-fulfilling prophecy. 
D) double-loop learning. 
A) attribution. 
B) fundamental attribution error. 
C) self-fulfilling prophecy. 
D) double-loop learning.

Question 12

Leadership programs for senior executives and CEOs tend to focus on

Accepted Answer

A) conceptual components. 
B) individualized feedback. 
C) intellectual components. 
D) strategic planning. 
A) conceptual components. 
B) individualized feedback. 
C) intellectual components. 
D) strategic planning.

Question 13

Which of the following statements concerning perceptual sets is false?

Accepted Answer

A) Perceptual sets can influence any of our senses. 
B) Perceptual sets are the tendency to perceive everything. 
C) Feelings can trigger a perceptual set. 
D) They are the tendency to perceive one thing and not another. 
A) Perceptual sets can influence any of our senses. 
B) Perceptual sets are the tendency to perceive everything. 
C) Feelings can trigger a perceptual set. 
D) They are the tendency to perceive one thing and not another.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) Deutero-learning 
B) Double loop learning 
C) Triple-loop learning 
D) Single-loop learning 
A) Deutero-learning 
B) Double loop learning 
C) Triple-loop learning 
D) Single-loop learning

Question 15

A situation in which one's expectations help determine the predicted outcome is an "attribution".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Explain how going against the grain is often an important ingredient in learning from experience.

Accepted Answer

Bunker and Webb note that executives try

Question 17

A drawback to action learning is that is requires time away from one's immediate job responsibilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Explain your thoughts on how you would compare and contrast mentoring programs with coaching.

Accepted Answer

Mentoring is a personal relationship in

Question 19

Role plays and videotape are used extensively during informal coaching sessions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Leadership practitioners have a tendency to concentrate on coaching their solid or top followers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

In this step of informal coaching, leaders determine what drives their followers and where they want to go with their careers.

Define double-loop learning.

Leaders and followers use development plans as a road map for changing their own behaviors.

Double-loop learning is the process of learning something that one already predicted, as in the "self-fulfilling prophecy".

The tendency to overestimate the dispositional factors and underestimate environmental factors in someone else's failure is fundamental attribution error.

Leadership development is enhanced when experience involves the three processes of

Explain how techniques such as role playing, in-basket exercises and leaderless group discussions enhance leadership training.

What is the advantage of role playing as a leadership concept?

Write a short discussion on the five steps of informal coaching.

Successful executives mention all of the following as negative feelings while describing how they feel while working through potent developmental experiences except feeling

A situation in which one's expectations or predictions help determine the very results predicted is referred to as

Leadership programs for senior executives and CEOs tend to focus on

Which of the following statements concerning perceptual sets is false?

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

A situation in which one's expectations help determine the predicted outcome is an "attribution".

Explain how going against the grain is often an important ingredient in learning from experience.

A drawback to action learning is that is requires time away from one's immediate job responsibilities.

Explain your thoughts on how you would compare and contrast mentoring programs with coaching.

Role plays and videotape are used extensively during informal coaching sessions.

Leadership practitioners have a tendency to concentrate on coaching their solid or top followers.

What Do We Mean by Leadership

Skills for Developing Yourself As a Leader

Power and Influence

Values, Ethics, and Character

Leadership Attributes

Leadership Behavior

Skills for Building Personal Credibility and Influencing Others

Motivation, Performance, and Effectiveness

Satisfaction, Engagement, and Potential

Groups, Teams, and Their Leadership

Skills for Developing Others

The Situation

Contingency Theories of Leadership

Leadership and Change

The Dark Side of Leadership

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Exam 2: Leader Development

In this step of informal coaching, leaders determine what drives their followers and where they want to go with their careers.

Define double-loop learning.

Leaders and followers use development plans as a road map for changing their own behaviors.

Double-loop learning is the process of learning something that one already predicted, as in the "self-fulfilling prophecy".

The tendency to overestimate the dispositional factors and underestimate environmental factors in someone else's failure is fundamental attribution error.

Leadership development is enhanced when experience involves the three processes of

Explain how techniques such as role playing, in-basket exercises and leaderless group discussions enhance leadership training.

What is the advantage of role playing as a leadership concept?

Write a short discussion on the five steps of informal coaching.

Successful executives mention all of the following as negative feelings while describing how they feel while working through potent developmental experiences except feeling

A situation in which one's expectations or predictions help determine the very results predicted is referred to as

Leadership programs for senior executives and CEOs tend to focus on

Which of the following statements concerning perceptual sets is false?

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

A situation in which one's expectations help determine the predicted outcome is an "attribution".

Explain how going against the grain is often an important ingredient in learning from experience.

A drawback to action learning is that is requires time away from one's immediate job responsibilities.

Explain your thoughts on how you would compare and contrast mentoring programs with coaching.

Role plays and videotape are used extensively during informal coaching sessions.

Leadership practitioners have a tendency to concentrate on coaching their solid or top followers.

What Do We Mean by Leadership

Skills for Developing Yourself As a Leader

Power and Influence

Values, Ethics, and Character

Leadership Attributes

Leadership Behavior

Skills for Building Personal Credibility and Influencing Others

Motivation, Performance, and Effectiveness

Satisfaction, Engagement, and Potential

Groups, Teams, and Their Leadership

Skills for Developing Others

The Situation

Contingency Theories of Leadership

Leadership and Change

The Dark Side of Leadership

Filters