WorksheetsThe Dichotomy of Leadership Chapter 7-8
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The leaders who put too many standard operating procedures in place and create such strict processes will actually_______________.
Inhibit their subordinate leaders’ willingness and ability to think.
Won’t have any impact the team’s performance and become a detriment to the mission.
Prevents ineffective leadership at every level of the organization.
Disciplined procedures must be balanced with the ability to apply____________.
Accountability
Common sense to an issue
Extreme ownership
As a leader it is critical to balance the strict discipline of standard procedures.
False, sometimes develop customized solutions to unique problems for which the standard solution might not work.
True, leaders should confine to strict procedures.
True, with freedom to adapt, adjust, and maneuver to do what is best to support the overarching commander’s intent and achieve victory.
Which statement is True?
As a leader, you must make it part of your job to see what is coming next, to observe. By observing, leaders can understand the situation, they can identify the root of the problems.
As a leader, you must understand the standard operating procedures, which does not include their individual performance.
As a leader, you have to observe the standard operating procedures were general guidelines, and all strict rules need to be followed.
If discipline is too strict, team members cannot make adjustments, cannot adapt, and cannot use their most precious asset, ___________.
Their brains
Their leadership
Their knowledge
Even when the team members understand the why of the action, the leader still has to hold people accountable through some level of inspection.
True, to make sure they guard the team and micromanage them.
False, the leaders should not be accountable since the why was already understood.
True, to ensure that the why is not only understood but being acted upon.
What will happen when the leader is not present to provide immediate oversight?
The subordinate may or may not continue to properly execute a particular task.
The team may continue to perform the task since they were already trained.
The subordinate is making sure the overall task is carried out.
Which statement is True?
Instead of holding people accountable, the leader has to lead. The leader must make sure the team understands the why.
Members of the team should always have ownership of their tasks but avoid making adjustments when needed.
How leaders should balance the accountability?
By educating the team and empowering its members to maintain standards even without direct oversight from the top.
Make sure it solely leader have ownership of their tasks and the ability to make adjustments as needed.
By making sure the leader knows how important their specific task is for them and what the consequences are for failure.
Use accountability as a tool when needed, but______________.
Follow the chain of command.
Don’t rely on it as the sole means of enforcement.
Also, to make sure there’s room for improvement.
A reliance on ________________consumes the time and focus on the leader and inhibits the trust, growth, and development of subordinates.
Low accountability
Heavy accountability
Leaders’ inspection
Instead of holding people accountable the leader must lead. Now this doesn’t mean that accountability should never be used.
In Extreme Ownership, we wrote, “No bad Teams, Only Bad leaders” and “when it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.”
In Extreme Ownership, we wrote, “No bad Leaders, Only Bad Teams” and “when it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.”
