Ideally, When You Take Up a Leadership Role You Should

question 18

Multiple Choice

Ideally, when you take up a leadership role you should:

• A) try to impress your team.
• B) for an initial period, at least, make all decisions, so as to demonstrate that you are a strong leader.
• C) avoid providing feedback to your team, so as not to put them off-side.
• D) get to know your team members' strengths and weaknesses, so you can help them to perform their roles to their optimal ability.
• E) be heavily results-focused, so that employees know that results are the only measure of success that counts.

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Definitions:

Ambition

A strong desire to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.

Anger

A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility triggered by what one perceives as wrong, injustice, or annoyance.

Perfectionism

A personality trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting exceedingly high performance standards.

Psychophysiological Illness

Literally, “mind-body” illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches.