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Workplace Leadership Skills Assessment

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Name of organization(Required)

Current Position(Required)

Organization’s address(Required)

Street Address City State / Province / Region Country

Organization’s website(Required)

Years of leadership experience(Required)

Reasons for the nomination(Required)

Provide a summary of your career and accomplishments, impact in your organization.(Required)

BUILDING A HIGH PERFORMING TEAM

What happens when the team is not balanced?(Required)

Negativity

Few roles

Conflict

All of the above

What type of team works together in a department?(Required)

Functional

Cross-functional

Self-managing

All of the above

COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

Which of the following areas is affected by communication?(Required)

Productivity

Ability to solve problems

Relationships with others

All of the above

Which of the following is NOT a factor of communication?(Required)

Written

Counselling

Spoken

Non-spoken

DELIVERING CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM

How can a manager be sure if a behavior is being repeated or a one-time occurrence?(Required)

Assume it will happen again

Monitor the employee to see if the behavior keeps happening

Ask one of their coworkers if they’ve done it before

Ignore the problem until it happens again

What can happen if a breach of policy is not addressed?(Required)

The employee will normally change on their own

Other employees can be affected by the incident

Managers can become immune to the problem

Other employees will begin to ignore them

SUPERVISING OTHERS

When assigning tasks to employees, one should:(Required)

Allow them to have a say in the process

Do it alone and expect them to accept your decision

Allow them to have a say in the way the task is performed

Both a and c

If a task has important financial implications, one should:(Required)

Delegate to an employee and let them do it on their own

Supervise them completely

Ignore the results of the task

Leave the results up to the employee

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

Which of the following is not a defining aspect for equity?(Required)

Creating fair access and respectful treatment

People are treated according to individual needs

Everyone is treated the same

It is a process that can result in equality

Which of the following is a component that will help to build a foundation of inclusion?(Required)

Having a voice

Learning and developing

Access to resources

All of the above

How can socioeconomic diversity benefit the workplace?(Required)

It will encourage conversations and learning experiences amongst the team

It will increase innovation and help to reach a wider range of audiences

It provides different attitudes and ideas towards various factors of life

All of the above

What does DEI stand for?(Required)

Differences, equality, and inclusivity

Diversity, equity, and inclusion

Diversity, equality, and interactions

Divided, equity, and inclusion

What is equality?(Required)

Providing the same resources and levels of opportunity to everyone

Recognizing that every individual has different needs based on their circumstances

Ensuring a safe space of belonging, support, and respect

The ways in which individuals are different, both visibly and invisibly

What is racial diversity?(Required)

The differences in ability and varying types of disabilities

The learned behaviors and an individual’s cultural identity

The acknowledgment, as well as celebration of differences in race, or shared physical and social traits

Segregating employees in the workplace based on race

Which of the following is not an example of ageism?(Required)

Age-specific comments or insults

Asking an older employee with vast experience for help

An unequal distribution of benefits

Giving younger employers bigger projects and opportunities

Which of the following is not a way that employee appreciation promotes diversity and inclusion?(Required)

It encourages a competitive strive for achievement

It encourages a culture of shared company values

It creates a sense of belonging

It values people and differences

What is the definition of multiculturalism?(Required)

The signification of strength and solidarity for a community that is fighting for equality

Recruiting prospective employees from different racial backgrounds

The support of, or presence of multiple cultural groups in the same social or geographical space

The preference of one particular race for promotions or hiring over another

What is cultural intelligence?(Required)

Being put in an environment with various cultural backgrounds

The ability to be attentive and adaptable in culturally diverse situations

Having awareness and control of our own emotions with interpersonal relationships

The lacking of key social skills, such as nonverbal communication

COACHING AND MENTORING SKILLS FOR MANAGERS

What is coaching?(Required)

Partnering between leader and employee for the purpose of growth and goal-achieving.

Tutoring or instructing a person to achieve general skills.

Telling employee what goals to work on.

Criticizing employee’s performance.

Which of the following IS NOT among the areas you should review when taking inventory?(Required)

The behaviors your employee demonstrated during the coaching progress.

Your employee’s strengths.

Your expectations compared to how well your employee meets or exceeds your expectations.

Your employee’s speed of learning.

MANAGING GENERATION GAPS AT WORKPLACE

How many different generations exist in the workplace today?(Required)

Seven

Two

Five

Three

What is essential for a manager or supervisor to understand about generation gaps?(Required)

The background, attitudes, and work styles of each generation

That Baby Boomers are the generation that was born following World War II, generally from 1946 up to the early 1960s

That it is only advisable for certain generations to be given certain projects/positions

That conflict between generation gaps is best left to human resources to mediate

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE SKILLS FOR MANAGERS

What is Emotional Intelligence?(Required)

Recognizing, understanding, and managing our own emotions

Recognizing, understanding, and influencing the emotions of others

Being aware of the emotions that drive specific behaviors

All of the above

Which of the following is not a primary emotion?(Required)

Sadness

Resentment

Anger

Fear

Which of the following is not a key component of emotional intelligence?(Required)

Self-awareness

Social skills

Internal motivation

Education

Which of the following is not a key component of emotional intelligence?The best way to strengthen social skills and create healthy connections is through _______.(Required)

Emotional intelligence

Emotional detachment

Emotional quotient

Emotional outbursts

Which of the following is not an effective tool to gain control over emotions?(Required)

Journaling

Breathing techniques

Placing blame on others

Meditation and Mindfulness

________ thinking will take over focus and cloud the judgment of an individual.(Required)

Practical

Affirmative

Optimistic

Negative

How can we ensure that our communication results in a greater impact?(Required)

Invite more people into the conversation

Tailor the message to the audience

Use written communication, rather than verbal

Speak louder

How can we gain respect from others if we are uncertain of an answer?(Required)

Be honest of the uncertainty

Pretend and provide an inaccurate response

Avoid the question

Redirect the question

When the body is receptive to communication, it is said to be _____ body language.(Required)

Closed

Open

Negative

Defensive

When eye contact is maintained throughout a conversation, what message does this send to the speaker?(Required)

The listener is disinterested and unengaged

The listener is wishing to speak

The listener is interested and engaged

The listener is feeling guilt or shame

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Two sales representatives arguing over who gets the latest customer is an example of what?(Required)

Friendly competition

Playful banter

Conflict

Respect

There are _________ widely accepted styles of resolving conflicts.(Required)

One

Three

Five

Four

LEADESHIP SUCCESSION PLANNING

Which of the following IS NOT one of the common parameters necessary before creating a leadership succession plan?(Required)

Forecasting future needs

Detecting key roles

Creating action plans

Creating a backup plan

Leadership Succession planning is focused on developing leadership, but it also builds a strong:(Required)

Financial base

Organizational base

Cooperating base

Talent base

ETHICAL LEADERSHIP

Organizational ethics flow from where?(Required)

Bottom up

Top down

Public domain

Employee actions

Ethical companies protect the rights of individuals from discrimination and harassment, regardless of what?(Required)

Ethnicity

Age

Religion

All of the above

Which is not a tool for managing ethics in the workplace?(Required)

Give it time

Immediately fire those who make ethical mistakes

Be open

Integrate ethics

Which is not a trait that is associated with ethical management?(Required)

Integrity

Transparency

Greed

Utilitarianism

Who is exempt from the Code of Ethics?(Required)

CEO

Shareholders

No one

Board of directors

None of these

DEVELOPING NEW MANAGERS

What should you clearly define for new managers?(Required)

Roles and competencies

Incentives

Sanctions

None of the above

What should you provide for new managers?(Required)

Manuals

Policy documents

Development opportunities

All of the above

What should we do for new managers?(Required)

Empower them

Criticize them

Defend them

Ignore them

Which of the following is a good growth opportunity for a new manager?(Required)

Working with experienced managers on a committee

Taking a workshop on a new technology

Completing a special project

All of the above

CRITICAL THINKING

What is critical thinking?(Required)

The process of forming decisions based on our biases

The act of finding faults in another person’s argument

The act of formulating a response while listening to a speaker

The process of questioning ideas and conclusions, by analyzing, assessing and reconstructing concepts

A critical thinker will understand the importance of making decisions based on rational thought that involves consideration and analysis.(Required)

True

False

What does it mean to be close-minded?(Required)

Unreceptive to other viewpoints

Performing daily tasks without thinking

Forming opinions based on social pressures

Receptive to new ideas or information

Why is it important to reflect on mistakes?(Required)

Mistakes hold great value in our learning processes

They tell us when to quit

They offer perspective on what you might do next time

A & C

What qualities are often associated with self-discipline?(Required)

Reasoning and rationale

Narrowminded and judgmental

Impatience and lack of perseverance

All of the above

TERMS

As an award recipient you are not required to pay the event fee.However, you’ll have the opportunity to invite up to five guests to attend the conference and celebrate this milestone with you. These guests whether family, friends, or colleagues will need to purchase their tickets by March 30, 2025, to receive official invitations and reserved seating arrangements.(Required)

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Leadership Excellence Assessment

Workplace Leadership Skills Assessment

BUILDING A HIGH PERFORMING TEAM

COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

DELIVERING CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM

SUPERVISING OTHERS

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

COACHING AND MENTORING SKILLS FOR MANAGERS

MANAGING GENERATION GAPS AT WORKPLACE

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE SKILLS FOR MANAGERS

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

LEADESHIP SUCCESSION PLANNING

ETHICAL LEADERSHIP

DEVELOPING NEW MANAGERS

CRITICAL THINKING

TERMS

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