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WorksheetsBecoming a Change Agent
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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1.
Where does the following quote come from? "Those who are against change will be vociferous and aggressive, while those potentially in favor will be timid and lukewarm in their support."
a)
Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince
b)
Marco Iannuzzi's The Lion
c)
Walt Disney's The Lion King
d)
The Brothers Grimm's The Frog Prince
2.
Fullan uses two sources for their insight into maximizing impact and improving at leading for change. Which of the following sources are correct?
a)
Cal Newport & Lyle Kirtman
b)
Cal Ripkin & Lyle Kirtman
c)
Cal Newport & Lyle Lovett
d)
Cal Ripkin & Lyle Lovett
3.
The moral imperative concerns the deep belief that leaders must lead the organization in...
a)
...raising the bar and closing the gap.
b)
...closing the bar and raising the gap.
c)
...barring the clothes and eating the raisins.
d)
...fishing the chips and minding the gap.
4.
Career Capital is...
a)
The skills and abilities you have developed.
b)
The amount of employess you've managed.
c)
The money you have to spend on school PD.
d)
Playing for the same Washington hockey team your entire career.
5.
Developing your career capital...
a)
...will likely lead to a sense of mission.
b)
...is the desire to make a difference in an area that has meaning for you.
c)
...is making a difference in an area that you are good at.
d)
All are correct.
6.
According to Kirtman, a competent leader:
a)
Challenges the status quo.
b)
Builds trust through clear. communications and expectations
c)
Creates a commonly owned. plan for success
d)
All are correct.
7.
According to Kirtman, a competent leader:
a)
Focuses on team over self.
b)
Has a sense of urgency for sustainable results.
c)
Commits to continuous self improvement.
d)
All are correct.
8.
According to Kirtman, a competent leader:
a)
Builds external networks and partnerships.
b)
Stays in their office all day.
c)
Micromanages the little things.
d)
Sweats the small stuff.
9.
Challenging the status quo includes the willingness and ability to question common practices and...
a)
...taking risks.
b)
...exploring innovations.
c)
...not letting rules slow down action.
d)
All are correct.
10.
Competency #3 says "Create a Commonly Owned Plan for Success". This means...
a)
Plans have to be fat.
b)
Plans on paper look great.
c)
Plans have to be slippery.
d)
Plans have to be concise, actionable, measurable and tied closely to action.
11.
Leaders tend to have distorted mirrors. This includes...
a)
Underestimating how much others are allied to them.
b)
Failing to nurture and maintain relationships.
c)
Building and tending to relationships.
d)
Having a less favourable image of how we come across to those who work with us.
12.
The "Roberts" Kaplan and Kaiser talk about the continuum between...
a)
Being passionately forceful versus being enabling.
b)
Being passionately outspoken versus being sneaky.
c)
Being passionless versus passive.
d)
Being within and without you.
13.
According to Kaplan & Kaiser, the forceful, passionate leader might...
a)
...stake out positions too early.
b)
...shut down introverts.
c)
...lead people to agree too readily with the leader without bringing their best ideas to the situation.
d)
All are correct.
14.
According to Kaplan & Kaiser, the less forceful and more enabling leader might...
a)
...be too indecisive.
b)
...trust without verifying.
c)
...be "too nice".
d)
All are correct.
15.
The marks of a change agent are...
a)
...relentless commitment to a cause.
b)
...flexibility in how to serve a cause.
c)
...simultaneously assertive and sensitive.
d)
All are correct.
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