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the leadership experience
Questions and Answers of
The Leadership Experience
1 Consider the story “The Blessed Resignation”: what do you consider to be the take-away lesson in regards to ambition and acceptance?
5 The 31 executives interviewed on the topic of acceptance guiding ambition presented four clusters of perceiving ambition. Select one of these four clusters, and explain in your own words why you
4 How has your ambition steered your sense of acceptance in your life:think of a situation where you were supposed to accept a decision or outcome and used ambition to convert it.
3 In your opinion, which of the three leaders reformatted his acceptance in the most successful way? Explain your choice.
2 For which of the three leaders discussed in this chapter do you consider the influence of ambition on their sense of acceptance strongest?Explain your reasoning.
1 This chapter aims to demonstrate that ambition can steer acceptance.Do you agree or disagree with this notion? Explain your stance.
5 Of the four response clusters from the interviewees for this book, which cluster comes closest to your personal definition of success? Explain.
4 Does finding the proper balance between ambition and acceptance contribute to or define success? Explain.
3 Do you feel that success equals contentment, satisfaction and/or happiness? Why or why not?
2 Success looks and feels different when you’re in your 20s than when you’re in your 60s. How has your idea about success changed over time?
1 In the section about the traditional notion of success, five general perspectives are presented and explained. Discuss one of these five perspectives and provide an example of how such a
5 In the section “Acceptance as Pacifier”, three forms of this type of acceptance are presented: undeserved blame, insults and discrimination.Select one of these three forms and critique it,
4 After reading about radical acceptance, what is your opinion about it?Have you ever engaged in radical acceptance or seen someone do it?
3 The section about confronting discusses aggressive and positive confrontation.Consider a confrontation you were involved in or witnessed.Under which of these two categories would you place it?
2 The chapter discusses two stories about animals (monkeys and an elephant) who gave up on achieving their goal after being punished repeatedly. What would you consider the common moral of these
1 Consider the five reasons for accepting bad situations (first part of the chapter), and reflect on a situation that you have experienced or witnessed in which one of these forms of acceptance was
5 Under the header “Underscoring the Advantages of Acceptance” there is a sub section entitled “Balancing or Leveling Ambition”. How do you feel that acceptance could balance or level your
4 In the section about “Acceptance as a Management Tool” it is suggested that we should try to improve behaviors, but that we should accept people as they are. Do you agree or disagree with this
3 Under the sub-header “Conscious Acceptance” it is explained that we should only accept the things we are taught after thorough evaluation.Please consider a concept, habit or behavior you have
2 The chapter discusses acceptance versus resistance. Please consider a situation where you resisted something at first and later accepted it.Explain the situation and the outcome.
1 Reflect on a time when you perceived acceptance as a state. Explain the situation and how it felt. Now, also reflect on a time when you perceived acceptance as an act. Explain the situation and how
3 This chapter presented the case of Lance Armstrong as a once admired sportsman who allowed his ambition to lead him into
2 Which of the four professional downsides of ambition do you consider most problematic? Have you ever been the victim of any of these four downsides? If so, explain. If not, select one or more of
1 The first section of this chapter discusses six personal problem areas in being ambitious: lack of focus; losing control; strength becoming weakness; psychosomatic effects; workaholism; and loss of
5 After reading this chapter, what makes ambition a good characteristic in your opinion (explain in about 200–250 words)?
4 Review the four mindsets of ambitious people discussed in this chapter. Which of these four mindsets comes easiest to you? Which do you consider the most difficult? Please explain.
3 Read the section about negative and positive ambition, and then provide an example of each, either in your own life, from people you know or from research (about 150 words minimum).
2 How do you feel that your ambition has been encouraged or inhibited so far? Reviewing the gender influences on ambition in this chapter:do you feel that your gender contributed to this
1 Ambition is fueled by personal traits, such as your level of thoroughness, how outgoing you are (extraversion), your emotional state (neuroticism)and your general mental ability. Please consider
5 Evaluate the 9 Ps (Sure shots for success): list the three Ps that you consider most challenging for yourself and explain why this is the case.
4 Now that you have encountered the term “paradigm shifts”, you may have found that there have been various instances in which you shifted your paradigm. Consider one of these instances: what was
3 We change continuously: physically and mentally, personally and professionally. Consider the major changes you have experienced in your life. Describe the change, and explain what you learned from
2 The chapter discusses six contemporary challenges: change, speed, unexpected turns, paradigm shifts, entrepreneurial spirit and lifelong learning. Which of these six do you consider the most
1 Reflect on the section about self-leadership, and describe a situation in which you clearly demonstrated this quality. What triggered it and what were your actions?
5 Analyze your own performance in light of the leadership styles discussed in this chapter: to which style(s) do you feel most attracted, and why? How do you feel this style/these styles apply to you?
4 Evaluating the 21st century so far, select one of the events or inventions listed, do some additional research, and present some additional information about it (about 250 words).
3 Think of one notable 20th-century leader not discussed in this chapter, engage in some readings about this leader, and prepare a 300-word overview. Include the leadership qualities you feel as
2 Of all the examples provided in this chapter about 20th-century advancement, which do you consider most important and why? Do some additional reading on this topic and present a 200-word review to
1 People, places, processes, performances and perspectives change.Which of these five change elements do you consider most critical to the advancement of humanity and why?
3. What’s next for you as a Network Leader? Make at least one commitment to action?
2. How have you or how might you use Network Leadership?
1. Has it changed how you think about leadership? If so, how?
4. How and when will you be “unreasonable” in pursuit of your personal manifesto?
3. What are the opportunities across your network to enlist others?
2. Who do you need to persuade?
1. How will you manage and maintain your energy to give to others in pursuit of your manifesto?
4. How can you challenge your assumptions and self-imposed constraints to turn “if only” into an active statement beginning with “If I…” or “If we…”?
3. What are your “if only” statements?
2. How can you fnd time to think?
1. Where will you fnd the boundaries and edges?
Can we describe what success looks like for this project?
What must be done frst?
Is the issue we’re talking about here the real issue?
Who else should we invite to be part of this?
What have we possibly overlooked?
Can you help me understand what you mean when you say…?
Have we considered…?
What if…?
How can you begin to build your network and connect them?
Who knows, Who cares and Who can?
What is the underlying movement you are tapping into?
What are you trying to achieve?
What is your personal manifesto?
Which of the activities in our value chain are the most different and effective?
Which of our customers are most satisfed?
Which of our products or services are most sustainable and provide the greatest return on investment?
Which of our products or services are most distinctive?
Are collaborative alliances already formed or forming between individuals, groups, departments, organisations, institutions and communities?
Are ideas shared and acted upon?
Who are the innovators?
Who are the mentors that others seek out for advice?
Who are the experts in process, planning and practice?
Who are playing leadership roles? Who is not, but should be?
Are any key connections missing?
Are the right connections in place?
5. What is missing?
4. Who are the key infuencers?
3. What are the key intersections across your network?
2. Where is your bonding and bridging capital?
1. When you map your network, where are you strong?
4. Which require a total redesign and a new way to lead them?
3. Which ones should be kept, eliminated or combined?
2. How do they and their linkages combine to help deliver results?
1. What is the purpose of the existing operating mechanisms?
To what extent do you possess the power of restless persuasion and energy?
To what extent do you lead beyond your formal and positional authority?
To what extent do you have “Convening Power”?
To what extent do you understand the social system in which you currently work?
To what extent does your current practice refect the practices of Network Leaders?
Officer West reported to internal affairs that Officer White, a tenyear veteran, had a habit of eating in the nicer restaurants in the city and leaving without paying the ticket. What do you think of
Review Professor Nash’s twelve questions. Which of them can be helpful in assessing the ethics of a law enforcement course of action?
Explain the differences between ethics and values.
Is it ever permissible for a police officer to give false testimony in court to ensure that a dangerous criminal goes to jail?
Discuss why departure from ethical conduct on the part of one police officer can affect all the officers in the department.
Make a list of the ten things that you enjoy (value) most. Rank the list from 1 to 10 with 1 being your most valued activity. Next, place the letter “a” by those activities that you have done in
Your personal hall of fame: Make a list of the ten people that you admire most. Then make a list of qualities that you admire most in the persons listed. Examine the list. The items listed probably
Foresight test: What are the long-term effects of your conduct?
Hurting someone else test: Does your conduct cause “internal pain”to someone else?
Most admired personality test: What would your father or mother do in this situation?
One’s best self test: Does the conduct fit your concept of your best self?
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