Questions and Answers of Introduction To Leadership Concepts

What does the Sven case suggest in relation to great man (person), trait, style and contingency theories?AppendixLO1
Could Sven be classed as a charismatic or transformational leader?AppendixLO1
What characteristics (if any) might be conducive to members of the England team perceiving Sven as a leader?AppendixLO1
In what way does this case suggest that a conventional theory-of-action is in operation?AppendixLO1
Accepting that traits and behaviour of senior managers might change in relation to context, what traits and behaviour might be witnessed in two years’ time if a Sven-Goran Eriksson type of manager
What is the risk of slow payment or default by customers?AppendixLO1
What is the risk that inflation will erode profit margins?AppendixLO1
What is the risk of sales being substantially lower than forecast?AppendixLO1
Are the material and resource costs accurate?AppendixLO1
What is the risk of changes to labour cost per annum?AppendixLO1
What is the risk or change to material/component costs per annum?AppendixLO1
What is the risk that the project/company will not generate sufficient cash flow? etc.AppendixLO1
You have discovered that senior managers in an organization known to you convey and/or display scientific management and economicrational thinking. How might you convince them that in order to
Provide explanation as to the theoretical linkage between potential follower needs, motivation, recognition, work satisfaction and performance.AppendixLO1
Briefly explain the importance of integrating a recognition strategy as part of known management processes.AppendixLO1
Why are concepts such as knowledge management/exploitation, and individual and organizational learning so important to continued competitive advantage?AppendixLO1
How would you go about evaluating the potential change in organizational commitment of followers over a 12-month period?AppendixLO1
Describe Anita Roddick’s philosophy.AppendixLO1
Who and/or what receives recognition from Anita Roddick?AppendixLO1
Why might employees, suppliers and franchisers be committed to follow Anita Roddick’s vision?AppendixLO1
Why are the potential followers dissatisfied?AppendixLO1
What advice might you offer senior management if they were interested in improving the willing commitment of followers?AppendixLO1
1. To develop an understanding of your ethical leadership style2. To understand how your preferred ethical leadership style relates to other ethical leadership stylesDirections1. Please read the
Was Marcus Aurelius a great leader? Why and why not? What was his most important leadership trait?
What leadership lessons can one learn by studying Marcus Aurelius’ example? How far are these lessons applicable during the modern times?
Do you agree that Marcus Aurelius represents the realization of Plato’s dream of a Philosopher-King?
How did training early in the philosophy of Stoicism help Marcus Aurelius in living an examined life and in meeting the challenges of leading the Roman empire?
If you were to ever meet Marcus, what question(s) would you like to ask him?
In a change effort, what are the likely sources of opposition (stewardship and psychological and internal and external political factors) and their nature?
How are managers equipped to manage the change process in terms of cultivating servant leadership behaviors such as employee empowerment?
Complete a stakeholder analysis and identify the main sources of opposition and the likelihood of overcoming each.
How would you characterize the emotional intelligence of the average manager in your organization? What training is available to increase their skill sets?
How do managers in your organization react and respond to employee errors and mistakes? Is there a learning climate in place in which mistakes and failures are viewed as learning opportunities?
In your role, how much time do you spend navigating? How much time is spent in exploring?
Thinking of an apparently intractable situation that repeatedly bothers you, what would change if you could allow it to be as it actually is?
Which parts of your experience of that situation might you become more actively curious about?
What do you experience in your body when you call that situation to mind? Does that in any way affect what you are thinking?
In general and in regards to that situation, to what extent are you held back from exploring by feelings of fear or a need for security?
To what extent are leaders ready to be taught within their work setting?In light of the aforementioned, I identify five main questions based on which contemporary organizations can work in order to
To what extent are knowledge and power results shared within the organizational environment?In light of the aforementioned, I identify five main questions based on which contemporary organizations
Do people feel free within their work setting?In light of the aforementioned, I identify five main questions based on which contemporary organizations can work in order to orient a major level of
What is leaders’ level of openness towards followers?In light of the aforementioned, I identify five main questions based on which contemporary organizations can work in order to orient a major
Are companies sufficiently open to external stakeholders?In light of the aforementioned, I identify five main questions based on which contemporary organisations can work in order to orient a major
Why do you need to be so busy that you can’t spend time getting to know people?
Are you willing to embrace your prejudices (your personal peculiarities and socially conditioned ways of knowing) so you can do something about them?
What would convince you to listen to people you usually ignore, write-off, or discount?
How would you know if people are really hearing what you want them to hear?
How would you know if people are really telling you what’s going on (rather than what they think you want to hear)?
What do organizations need to do to make human-centered policies a priority for the future of work?
How can you cultivate teams that resist enculturation and stand out to create in a world that encourages conformity?
In what ways do you create a psychologically safe environment for your followers to take risks?
Once you have ensured that the basic needs of your followers have been met, how are you inviting them into the creative problem-solving process?
What does it look like to hire employees who not only align with your organizational mission, vision, and values but also bring diversity of thought which can lead to thriving culture in the
Discuss concrete steps to be taken by business schools in order to increase moral awareness among future leaders.
Make a list of necessary leadership virtues specific to your own culture.
Discuss practices to be implemented by corporations to create virtuous organizations.
How else can yoga support or influence our understanding of leadership and leadership development?
How does yoga differ from other approaches to support leadership development, well-being, and inclusivity?
How might yoga support leaders in attaining outcomes like inclusive innovation and SDGs?
Reflect on a recent leadership experience or role. Describe any thoughts, emotions, and/or physical sensations that arose for you. On a continuum of pleasant to unpleasant, how were your four
If you could construct a leadership training for emerging leaders, how might you integrate the science of yoga into the training?
Considering how much the contemporary African culture has been infiltrated by colonial contact, is there still hope of returning to the “Africanness” of the African culture?
How much acculturation has occurred from the confluence of the African and European cultures?
What is the fate of the younger generation of African leaders who seem to be a hybrid of Westernization and Africanism? Would they be leading subsequent generations of Africans farther away from
Within the context of value-based leadership, what values define the authentic African leadership style?
How can cultural congruence be achieved in an organization since there is a likelihood of conflict among national, organizational, and individual cultural orientations?
Why do leaders engage in dark and destructive behaviors?
Why do some followers continue to support dark leaders even though they know that such leaders are immoral, destructive, and unethical?
What strategies can organizations put in place to minimize the harm caused by dark leaders?
What actions can followers and organizations take to hold dark leaders accountable for their behavior?
What lessons can leadership scholars learn from dark and flawed leaders?
What are the personal losses that employees might experience or perceive as a result of the change? Consider both obvious losses and those that are more abstract, ambiguous, or seemingly less
What are the acute emotions prompted by the loss that employees might experience during the change, and how can I find out what these are?
How can I create a safe environment for employees to feel empowered to mourn their losses and connect with their emotions?
How can I create a constructive environment where employees feel safe to express their pain and grief?
How can I ensure my team experiences true compassion and emotional support during the change process?
Think about the waste you create, and suggest what could you do with it?
What materials do you use most often? Do you know how long it takes for them to degrade back into nature?
How can we extend the life cycle of common place materials found in everyone’s homes, such as textiles?
Consider your surroundings; what are the products that you could acquire as a service instead of buying, owning, and trashing them?
Acting as a role model is an efficient way of enabling change; what kind of a role model you are now? What kind of a role model could you be? Remember that small acts matter and make a difference.
If you were presenting the arguments for purpose to a boss, which angle do you believe makes the most sense—the business case or the moral case, and which point would be the most compelling to them?
What do you think about the author’s argument about the generational differences in consumer expectations of business?
Can you name a company that is purpose-driven and applies the principles of sophisticated CSR especially well?
Give an example of a company that needs to center purpose as a matter of urgency.
What aspects of the moral case you may find problematic for businesses that are multinational?
What is AI, and why is AI a disruptive technology?
Why is change management of AI challenging, and how can mindfulness help?
How should a mindful executive support AI initiatives?
What are the challenges of managing the development of AI systems, and what should a mindful manager do to face these challenges?
How should an employee proactively prepare for AI-related changes?
Do you use mindfulness in your routine practices of leadership and management?
How can you incorporate mindfulness practice and training into your personal and organizational business routines?
Are you mindful of the necessity for crisis preparedness in your role in the organizations you work in?
Was your organization prepared, actively and actionably, to deal with the Covid-19 crisis? What should or could have been done to better prepare?
How can you implement Shock Mindfulness into your organization’s crisis preparedness plan?
How does an organization’s change start during the awakening phase in change management?
What is the concept of product stewardship, and how can it be achieved?
What are the roles of organizational culture and learning in the context of organizational change for sustainability? Are there other examples illustrating a company’s successful transition to
What are the means of cultivating a culture of innovation that can drive and sustain transformative sustainable change in an organization?

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