RapidCheck Your Leadership Skills

To check your understanding of leadership, complete the short quiz! RapidCheck Your Leadership Skills

To check your understanding of leadership, complete the short quiz!

RapidCheck Your Leadership Skills

#1. As a leader, you should rely on others of help ? Yes, of course you should rely on others. You can't do it all yourself

Yes, of course you should rely on others. You can’t do it all yourself

#2. A leader’s primary job is to ? Leaders need to persuade, influence and motivate other people. A leader creates also a vision for change - strategic objectives follow the vision

Leaders need to persuade, influence and motivate other people. A leader creates also a vision for change – strategic objectives follow the vision

#3. A charismatic leader is most successful during times when ? Charismatic leaders function best during a time of crisis, not during ongoing situations

Charismatic leaders function best during a time of crisis, not during ongoing situations

#4. To learn how to become a leader, you can ? Find challenging projects to learn new ways of seeing problems and solutions. Don't just stay at the managerial level, and don't connect with an inappropriate mentor

Find challenging projects to learn new ways of seeing problems and solutions. Don’t just stay at the managerial level, and don’t connect with an inappropriate mentor

#5. What is NOT a characteristic of an effective leader? ? Leaders have to be comfortable with the unknown, ambiguity is an inherent element of the future, and leaders have to be future-focused

Leaders have to be comfortable with the unknown, ambiguity is an inherent element of the future, and leaders have to be future-focused

#6. Is being politically astute about your organization’s power structure a characteristic of being an effective leader? ? Do be politically astute. Effective leaders know their organization's power structure. They listen carefully to concerns of centers of power, and they know where to go for resources and support they need

Do be politically astute. Effective leaders know their organization’s power structure. They listen carefully to concerns of centers of power, and they know where to go for resources and support they need

#7. A democratic leadership style is characterized by ? A democratic leadership is characterized by a leader working to achieve consensus in a group, often a difficult task

A democratic leadership is characterized by a leader working to achieve consensus in a group, often a difficult task

#8. An effective leader’s vision needs to be ? An effective leader will have a vision that others can understand and accept as bringing about a better future

An effective leader will have a vision that others can understand and accept as bringing about a better future

#9. To motivate people, a leader should ? Celebrate successes, large and small, at the start, the middle and the end of the road

Celebrate successes, large and small, at the start, the middle and the end of the road

#10. An effective leader ? Leaders need to take care of themselves. Often they work to hard and take on too much stress. Finding a quiet place to relax and unwind is important for leader's mental health

Leaders need to take care of themselves. Often they work to hard and take on too much stress. Finding a quiet place to relax and unwind is important for leader’s mental health

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