3C Leadership Model

Thornton's leadership model, proposed in 1999, outlines three key undertakings for leaders: challenging the status quo, building confidence, and coaching. Leaders can challenge the status quo by moving others out of their comfort zones, creating a compelling vision, and setting audacious goals. Building confidence involves believing in people, recognizing improvements, and empowering decision-making. Coaching focuses on clarifying top performance, role modeling, and providing feedback. These elements form the three C's of Thornton's model.

What is one way a leader can challenge the status quo according to Thornton's model?

• By maintaining existing processes

• By moving others out of their comfort zones

• By avoiding difficult questions

• By setting easy goals

How can a leader build confidence in their team?

• By ignoring their strengths

• By focusing on their weaknesses

• By setting unrealistic expectations

• By empowering them with decision-making authority

Which of the following is NOT a method of building confidence in Thornton's model?

• Highlighting their weaknesses

• Believing in people

• Empowering decision-making

• Recognizing improvements

What is a key aspect of coaching in Thornton's leadership model?

• Discouraging practice

• Ignoring role modeling

• Clarifying top performance

• Avoiding feedback

In Thornton's model, what is the purpose of conducting practice sessions?

• To clarify weaknesses

• To actively practice skills

• To discourage role modeling

• To avoid feedback