Deck 7: Leadership Assessment and Research: Individual, Team, and Organization

Question 1

List three "killers" of great groups.
a. ____________________________
b. ____________________________
c. ____________________________

Answer 1

No Answer.

Question 2

List three "enhancers" of great groups.
a. _______________________________
b. _______________________________
c. _______________________________

Answer 2

No Answer.

Question 3

Explain the cycle of leadership development and relate some expected leadership competencies an individual should have mastered at each level of the development stage.

Answer 3

No Answer.

Question 4

Tuckman's Model of Group Dynamic Process contains the following constructs:

A) storming.
B) informing.
C) norming.
D) All of these are correct.
E) storming and norming.

Question 5

Every great group has a great leader that does the following:

A) reduces barriers for the group.
B) sets mutual challenging goals.
C) owns the work performed.
D) All of these are correct.
E) reduces barriers for the group and sets mutual challenging goals.

Question 6

Great groups require the following:

A) competent people.
B) conflict.
C) optimism.
D) competent people and optimism.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 7

Teams or groups should consist of __________ members or less for optimal productivity.

A) 5
B) 8
C) 12
D) 3
E) None of these is correct.

Question 8

The Run Stage in the cycle of leadership development means:

A) new positions are available.
B) teams are productive.
C) the health leader is highly accountable and responsible positions.
D) new positions are available and the health leader is highly accountable and responsible positions.
E) None of these is correct.

Question 9

The midcareer leader should join professional organizations.

Question 10

The early careerist should be a reader. In the dynamic world of health, it can become immediately evident if one's relevancy is dated.

Question 11

In the walk stage, individuals have mastered most of the complex information about leadership.

Question 12

Groups of individuals that need training or time will not be as cohesive and productive as groups that do not need additional training.

Question 13

Specific role modeling and/or instruction is necessary at the crawl stage in the CWR cycle of leadership development.

Question 14

Great groups do not see themselves as underdogs.

Question 15

Great groups are realistic, not optimistic.

Question 16

The leaders of great groups give team members what they need and free them from the rest.

Question 17

Great groups create information silos.

Question 18

When the size of a group increases beyond four members, the potential contribution of adding anyone else should be carefully weighed against the added difficulty of running an effective meeting and for the project as a whole.

Question 19

Highly cohesive groups sometime foster a phenomenon called 'group think.'

Question 20

A team is defined as an interdisciplinary group of individuals that are brought together to accomplish specific missions.

Question 21

Maintaining a contrarian role in the group can reduce the potential of 'Group Think.'

Question 22

In the run phase, leaders are in leadership positions, are accountable, and responsible for the diverse myriad of responsibilities and challenges inherent in every health leadership position.

Question 23

The run phase is the easiest in the cycle of leadership development because the person holds this major responsibility to get things done.