Quiz

1.     A core concept in situational leadership is that ______.

• leaders have to develop basic skills prior to assessing follower needs

• followers’ skills and motivation vary over time

• followers’ skill level stays the same, whereas motivation level varies

• leaders adjust their styles to the personality traits of followers

Your boss is exactly what you need. While he makes the decisions on how projects will be executed, he seeks your input and supports you emotionally. Your boss is using which leader style with you?

• directing

• coaching

• supporting

• delegating

You just achieved your dream of working in the department you have always wanted to be in. Not only are you excited to be with the department; your education and experience complement your new position perfectly. According to the situational model, your level of development is ______.

• S4

• D2

• S1

• D4

You supervise the tellers at your bank. They all are quite competent at their jobs and really engage the customers and interact well with one another. Based on the Situational Leadership Approach, which leadership style should you exhibit?

• delegating

• supporting

• coaching

• directing

I let the staff make the day-to-day decisions while I provide encouragement and motivation to them to keep doing good work. I am using ______.

• directing style

• delegating style

• supporting style

• coaching style

In SLII, delegating is ineffective with subordinates who are moderately competent yet not very committed.

• True

• False