Deck 2: Your Manager Strengths and Weaknesses

Question 1

An example of self-management is when someone can resist the urge to spend their paycheck immediately in order to save for something they really want, such as a new car.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following criteria would be included in a person's signature strength?

A) sense of ownership of the strength
B) rapid learning curve when using the strength
C) feeling of excitement about the strength
D) all of these

Answer 2

D

Question 3

How do you turn facts and information into knowledge?

A) use your talents
B) focus on them and think about them
C) link them to experience and apply them
D) study them

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Having emotional control means that someone will inspire respect and admiration, and will be able to meet challenges and solve problems.

Question 5

Tami Heim, vice president of Thomas Nelson Publishers in Nashville, TN, believes managers can do their best work when they know and apply their strengths.

Question 6

Why is it important to discover your strengths?

A) people tend to know their strengths accurately
B) people tend to be in a form of denial about themselves
C) people tend to focus on the negative
D) people tend to underachieve

Question 7

Which term describes the shift in psychology from negative aspects to people's strengths?

A) improvement psychology
B) Seligman psychology
C) strength psychology
D) positive psychology

Question 8

Personal constraints typically fall into three basic groups.

Question 9

You will develop into an effective manager more quickly if you ____.

A) discover your strengths and learn to apply them
B) listen more
C) discover your weaknesses and apply them
D) work more hours

Question 10

Alan likes work where he has human interaction, as he has good people skills. However, his current job is data entry and has almost no human interaction. What should Alan do to improve his situation?

A) change to a job that has human interaction
B) learn to like data entry
C) improve at data entry
D) none of these actions would help Alan

Question 11

Someone who plays Mr. Spock tends to be very into science fiction and is not in touch with reality.

Question 12

John is a manager at IBM. He does not have very good communication skills and his work relationships are not the best either. Despite these issues, John could still be a good manager.

Question 13

Warren Buffet finds ____ so fun he would do it for free.

A) making money
B) investing
C) Working
D) giving speeches

Question 14

A person with agility would not get frustrated if someone came by unannounced when he was trying to make dinner.

Question 15

____ are your naturally recurring patterns of thought, feeling, or behavior.

A) Abilities
B) Interests
C) Skills
D) Talents

Question 16

If you never feel good enough about your managerial abilities, you will not have much success.

Question 17

How many personal strengths exist according to Martin Seligman?

A) 6
B) 24
C) 48
D) 12

Question 18

An example of emotional contagion means that if you have a smile on your face, other people will see that and it will improve their mood.

Question 19

What term refers to accumulated knowledge that has been formalized into behavior steps needed to adequately perform an activity?

A) skills
B) talents
C) Knowledge
D) Strengths

Question 20

Most people have a very accurate view of themselves.

Question 21

Managers who are low on _____ may be easily hurt by criticism.

A) objectivity
B) emotional control
C) Focus
D) self-confidence

Question 22

It is important to recognize your ___ in addition to your strengths.

A) threats
B) opportunities
C) scores
D) weaknesses
W

Question 23

Which term means that the manager did not have sufficient training or was in over her head?

A) delegation and empowerment breakdown
B) person-job mismatch
C) poor planning practices
D) unable to develop teamwork

Question 24

No one can be good at everything, but everyone has ____.

A) some area of strength
B) some efficacy
C) self-control
D) self-confidence

Question 25

What is one of the most important constraints on being an effective manager?

A) being on time
B) lack of people skills
C) not wasting resources
D) not being agile enough

Question 26

____ means that people feel they are being effective and making a positive contribution.

A) Positive-efficacy
B) Self-control
C) Self-efficacy
D) Self-confidence

Question 27

Why did Ruth and Gary Namie found the Workplace Bullying Institute?

A) managers who have delegation and empowerment breakdown
B) to bring awareness to what bullying is and isn't
C) they know first hand how damaging it can be to work for a boss who is a bully
D) they go to schools to talk about bullying

Question 28

A manager low on ____ may be insensitive to the needs of other people or stay isolated while working on tasks of personal importance.

A) objectivity
B) relationship building
C) Initiative
D) self-confidence

Question 29

____ is the foundation for many important manager behaviors.

A) Objectivity
B) Emotional control
C) Focus
D) Self-confidence

Question 30

What is a good way to mitigate a managerial weakness?

A) recognize and admit the weakness
B) pretend the weakness doesn't exist
C) get help from a therapist
D) all of these

Question 31

What says that every system or process has at least one weakness that prevents it from achieving maximum performance?

A) theory of constraints
B) theory of opportunities
C) theory of management
D) theory of weaknesses

Question 32

_____ refers to the ability to look forward and define a goal or vision for the future.

A) A goal-directed mindset
B) Relationship building
C) Initiative
D) Ability to organize

Question 33

Sean has a paper due on Tuesday. It is Monday evening and Sean has stopped working on his paper because a TV show he likes is on. Which attribute does Sean need to improve?

A) objectivity
B) self-restraint
C) focus
D) self-confidence

Question 34

In which of the following categories do personal constraints belong?

A) minor constraints that don't affect work
B) constraints that managers can hire someone else to do for them
C) major constraints that can prevent a manager from performing as needed
D) all of these

Question 35

People with a high ____ can clearly identify the activities and arrange the resources needed to accomplish plans and goals.

A) goal-directed mindset
B) relationship building attitude
C) Initiative
D) ability to organize

Question 36

Imagine the following situation: You have to bake a cake. You have milk, eggs, and sugar. You are missing one ingredient, flour. Which ingredient is the constraint?

A) eggs
B) sugar
C) Flour
D) Milk

Question 37

Which term would most likely describe an unsuccessful manager?

A) good communication skills
B) good work relationship
C) good with people
D) Arrogant

Question 38

Which strength describes someone who is almost always on time for appointments?

A) goal-directed mindset
B) time management skill
C) agility
D) ability to organize

Question 39

What trait would best suit a manager in a situation where an unexpected event occurs?

A) goal-directed mindset
B) time management
C) agility
D) ability to organize

Question 40

The ____ are more than a poorly developed skill or weakness in a key managerial area.

A) killer constraints
B) fatal flaws
C) both of these
D) neither of these

Question 41

_____ relates to one's ability to understand others.

A) Self-awareness
B) Social awareness
C) Self-management
D) Relationship management

Question 42

Self-management is best learned at what age?

A) middle age
B) adolescence
C) Elderly
D) young children

Question 43

_____ refers to the ability to connect with others and build positive relationships.

A) Self-awareness
B) Social awareness
C) Self-management
D) Relationship management

Question 44

Which of the following describes someone who is overly critical?

A) not bothered by someone's lack of reason
B) doesn't worry too much about other's appearance
C) commonly finds the faults in someone
D) thinks that people are generally straightforward with what they mean

Question 45

Which of the following characteristics describe someone who has low self-control?

A) able to focus on long term goals
B) does not make impulse purchases
C) does not switch jobs often
D) none of these

Question 46

Managers with a high level of _____ learn to trust their "gut feelings."

A) self-awareness
B) social awareness
C) self-management
D) relationship management

Question 47

Aware of own feelings, believes in self, and welcomes criticisms describes which emotional intelligence category?

A) self-awareness
B) social awareness
C) self-management
D) relationship management

Question 48

_____ includes the ability to control disruptive, unproductive, or harmful emotions.

A) Self-awareness
B) Social awareness
C) Self-management
D) Relationship management

Question 49

Which constraint would describe a manager who is too nice?

A) never feeling good enough
B) being a marshmallow
C) running roughshod over others
D) playing Mr. Spock

Question 50

_____ makes up two-thirds of what is different between an average and top performing manager.

A) Social pattern recognition
B) Social awareness
C) Emotional competence
D) Relationship management

Question 51

____ means that managers who are able to maintain balance and keep themselves motivated can serve as positive role models to help motivate and inspire those around them.

A) Social pattern recognition
B) Emotional contagion
C) Emotional competence
D) Relationship management

Question 52

____ refers to a person's ability to perceive, identify, understand and successfully manage emotions in self and others.

A) Relationship intelligence
B) Self-control
C) Emotional intelligence
D) Emotional control

Question 53

Managers should engage in ____, which is displaying compassion, concern and a helpful attitude toward others without becoming so wrapped up in other's emotions that it clouds their judgement.

A) professional intimacy
B) emotional contagion
C) social management
D) all of these

Question 54

____ is the basis of all other competencies.

A) Self-awareness
B) Social awareness
C) Self-management
D) Relationship management

Question 55

Which constraint would belong to a manager who sabotages his own career?

A) never feeling good enough
B) being a marshmallow
C) running roughshod over others
D) playing Mr. Spock

Question 56

What characteristics are included in self-management?

A) conscientiousness
B) desire
C) Persistence
D) all of these

Question 57

Which of the following characteristics describe someone who is socially aware?

A) practices empathy
B) senses other's emotions
C) understands other's perspectives
D) all of these

Question 58

People who are ____ are not able to recognize the role of human feelings in an organization.

A) playing Mr. Spock
B) being a marshmallow
C) running roughshod over others
D) never feeling good enough

Question 59

How many fundamental categories of emotional intelligence are there?

A) 4
B) 3
C) 5
D) 6

Question 60

A manager who ____ might walk through the hallways of the office literally carrying a baseball bat to symbolize his toughness.

A) never feels good enough
B) is a marshmallow
C) runs roughshod over others
D) plays Mr. Spock

Question 61

Why is never feeling good enough detrimental to a manager's career?

Question 62

What is the theory of constraints?

Question 63

Explain the three basic groups of personal constraints.Give an example of each one.

Question 64

What does the term emotional control mean?

Question 65

List and explain three of the ten strengths related to manager performance.

Question 66

List and describe the fundamental categories of emotional intelligence.

Question 67

How is a talent turned into a strength?