WorksheetsLeadership Styles
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 14mins
A democratic leadership style has which of the following characteristics?
Split power.
A dictatorial leader.
Genuine.
Commanding.
Participative leadership has which of the following characteristics?
Employs a clear chain of command.
Believe success arises from leaders and staff working together.
Seeks to involve staff in the decision making process.
Seeks to pick up the mood of the audience.
Which of the following was given as a quality of a leader, as opposed to a manager?
Flexible
Structured
Analytical
Rational
What do you call a style of leadership that takes account of others' views, opinions and ideas?
Persuasive
Participative
Democratic
Autocratic
Which of the following has been identified as a source of power in leadership?
Reward
Punishment
Follower-ship
All of the following.
Which of the following types of leaders encourages members to participate in group decisions, including policy-making decisions?
Persuasive
Democratic
Participative
Autocratic
Which of the following is not true concerning the difference between managers and leaders?
Managers are appointed.
Managers influence through informal means.
Leaders may be appointed.
Leaders can influence beyond formal authority.
A is a senior employee who sponsors and supports a less-experienced employee will be termed as......
Coach.
Facilitator.
Leader.
Mentor.
What is the main focus of transformational leadership?
Maintain the status quo and resist change
Micromanage every aspect of the followers' work
Prioritize individual goals over the collective goals of the organization
Inspire and motivate followers to achieve their full potential and to work towards the collective goals
What separates transformational leadership from transactional leadership?
Transactional leadership focuses on achieving a common goal
Transformational leadership focuses on empowering followers
Transactional leadership focuses on the exchange of rewards for performance
Transformational leadership focuses on maintaining the status quo
What are the key characteristics of charismatic leadership?
Strong communication skills, confidence, and the ability to inspire and motivate others
Lack of communication skills, vision and confidence
Inability to inspire or motivate others
Introverted and shy personality and ability to demotivate people
What are the most common management styles used in organizations?
Participative, consultative, persuasive
Coercive, affiliative, pacesetting
Authoritative, bureaucratic, charismatic
Transformational, transactional, autocratic, and democratic leadership
What is the primary focus of autocratic leadership?
Empowering employees to make decisions
Maintaining strict control over decision-making and processes
Encouraging open communication and collaboration
Delegating decision-making authority to employees
How can leaders ensure they are making ethical decisions in their role?
By establishing clear ethical guidelines, and being transparent about their decision-making process
By flipping a coin and letting fate decide
By only considering the impact on their personal gain
By ignoring input from others and making decisions in isolation
What is the main focus of transformational leadership?
Maintain the status quo and resist change
Micromanage every aspect of the followers' work
Prioritize individual goals over the collective goals of the organization
Inspire and motivate followers to achieve their full potential and to work towards the collective goals
What separates transformational leadership from transactional leadership?
Transactional leadership focuses on achieving a common goal
Transformational leadership focuses on empowering followers
Transactional leadership focuses on the exchange of rewards for performance
Transformational leadership focuses on maintaining the status quo
These are true leaders who inspire their teams constantly with a shared vision of the future. While this leader's enthusiasm is often passed onto the team, he/she may need to be supported by detail-oriented people. A leader with this style sets clear goals, is inspirational, communicates a vision, expects the best from the team, gives encouragement and support, and recognizes people's hard work.
transformational
democratic
task-oriented
laissez faire
An extreme form of leadership, where leaders have absolute power over their workers or team. Staff and team members have little opportunity to make suggestions. For some routine and unskilled jobs, this style can remain effective because the advantages of control may outweigh the disadvantages.
autocratic
charismatic
bureaucratic
democratic
These leaders inspire enthusiasm in their teams and are very energetic in driving others forward. There might be a risk that a project, or even an entire organization, might collapse if the leader leaves. As such, this leadership carries great responsibility and must demonstrate a long-term commitment to the company.
people-oriented
task-oriented
charismatic
laissez faire
These leaders work "by the book." They follow rules rigorously, and ensure that their staff follows procedures precisely. This is a very appropriate style for work involving serious safety risks (such as working with machinery, with toxic substances, or at dangerous heights) or where large sums of money are involved (such as handling cash).
democratic
bureaucratic
laissez faire
autocratic
These leaders focus only on getting the job done, and they can be quite autocratic. They actively define the work and the roles required, put structures in place, plan, organize, and monitor. However, because these leaders don't tend to think much about the well-being of their teams, this approach can suffer many of the flaws of autocratic leadership, with difficulties in motivating and retaining staff.
people-oriented
transformational
autocratic
task-oriented
This French phrase means "leave it be," and it's used to describe leaders who leave their team members to work on their own. It can be effective if the leader monitors what's being achieved and communicates this back to the team regularly. This is effective when individual team members are very experienced and skilled self-starters. Unfortunately, this type of leadership can also occur when managers don't apply sufficient control.
charismatic
laissez faire
people-oriented
transformation
This is the opposite of task-oriented leadership. These leaders are totally focused on organizing, supporting, and developing the people in their teams. It's a participative style, and it tends to encourage good teamwork and creative collaboration.
autocratic
bureaucratic
people-oriented
transformational
Although these leaders make the final decisions, they invite other members of the team to contribute to the decision-making process. This not only increases job satisfaction by involving team members, but it also helps to develop people's skills. Team members feel in control of their own destiny, so they're motivated to work hard by more than just a financial reward. The approach can be most suitable when working as a team is essential, and when quality is more important than speed to market, or productivity.
charismatic
task-orientedd
bureaucratic
democratic
