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Identify and describe any team you have been a member of, or know about otherwise. What role did the team leader play in making this possible?
What are some strategies for creating effective teams that are not victims of the groupthink phenomenon?
One of the characteristics of effective teams is that they are creativity driven. How important is creativity to Cisco's success?
Why was decentralization and delegation necessary to Boyne's future despite the success with Everett Kircher at the helm of a vertical structure?
How did Gore's sponsors program facilitate the creation of high-quality relationships among leaders, sponsors, and associates?
What people are now referring to as generational diversity and unique characteristics. What are implications of generational diversity on effective leadership?
Describe some of the practices, policies, and norms that you would expect to find in organization that prides itself on building a culture of respect and trust.
What potential problems could develop in a case in which a leader is from a high power-distance culture, but his follower are from a low power-distance culture?
The chapter discusses the characteristics of a highperformance (strong) culture. What is the evidence that Avon has a strong culture?
Does Mark Dwight possess any characteristics of a transformational leader? If so, what are they?
Explain the importance of effective communication skills for charismatic and transformational leaders.
What type of power is the charismatic leader most likely to be associated with and why?
Charismatic leaders are said to possess special trait that influence. Explain how each of these traits influences how followers perceive the charismatic leader.
A strong emotional attachment to a charismatic leader can have beneficial and detrimental effects on followers. Explain both types of effects on followers.
What are your psychological contract expectations of boss and coworkers? Give examples of conflicts you have had at work, listing expectation that was not met.
How did you score on Self-Assessment 1 on pages 193-194, "Listening Skills"? State your plan for improving your listening skills.
How would you assess communications in organizations? Give examples of good and poor communications in organizations.
What is the difference between functional and dysfunctional conflict, and how does each affect per formance?
As an average, how many words should a sentence have, and how many sentences should there be in a paragraph?
Why is communication important to the management of The Ranch? How does management use feedback at The Ranch?
As a leader in the first years of McDonald's, what kind of normative leadership style do you think Ray Kroc likely used? Explain your answer.
Which contingency leadership theory do you actually plan to use, and how? If you don't plan to use any, give a detailed reason for not wanting to use the model.
What do you say to those who argue that tactics used by followers to get noticed by their leader are shameful and self-serving and should be avoided?
Can you think of one such case and explain why the individual was influential over other prisoners or students?
What should a leader do to dispel any notion or misperception that there are in-groups and out-groups in his or her work unit?