What Types of Skills Do Leader-Managers in Modern Organisational Environments

question 11

Multiple Choice

What types of skills do leader-managers in modern organisational environments require?

• A) Left-brain skills for planning and problem solving
• B) 'Soft' skills, such as the ability to listen and achieve consensus and to set a personal example
• C) Flexibility and the ability to cope with uncertainty and to think strategically
• D) Right-brain skills for understanding themselves and working effectively with others
• E) All of these responses are correct.

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