The "Rules" for Effective Strategic Leadership Include All of the Following

question 42

Multiple Choice

The "Rules" for effective strategic leadership include all of the following EXCEPT

• A) leaders shoulder all responsibility for all parts of their job; they always take the blame for mistakes and distribute the credit for successes to others.
• B) leaders learn everything possible about their company from both strategic and tactical perspectives.
• C) leaders hold individuals accountable for their outcomes and for overall company performance.
• D) leaders make work about others, not about themselves. Once a person becomes a strategic leader, everything that person does is about him or her (the stakeholders, but especially employees), while nothing is about the leader.

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Definitions:

King Philip's War

A conflict between American Indian inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Indian allies in 1675–1678.

Algonquians

A group of Native American peoples speaking Algonquian languages, originally inhabiting areas of North America from the Atlantic coast to the Great Lakes region.

Metacom

A Native American leader, also known as King Philip, who led a major rebellion against the colonists in New England in the 17th century.

Dominion of Virginia

Refers to the English colonial possession in North America that existed from 1607 (with the founding of Jamestown) until the American Revolution, known for its role in the development of American democracy and plantation economy.