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Leadership Development Strategies Flashcards

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  1. A leadership coach uses a 360-degree feedback tool with a client. What is the PRIMARY purpose of this approach?

    Answer: To gather multi-source perspectives on the leader's behaviors

    360-degree feedback collects input from peers, direct reports, and supervisors to give leaders a comprehensive view of their behavioral impact.

  2. Which leadership development approach focuses on placing leaders in unfamiliar roles or contexts to accelerate growth?

    Answer: Stretch assignments

    Stretch assignments push leaders beyond their comfort zones into challenging roles that accelerate skill development through real-world experience.

  3. A newly promoted manager struggles with delegating tasks. As a leadership coach, your FIRST step should be to:

    Answer: Explore the beliefs driving the reluctance to delegate

    Coaching starts with discovery; understanding the underlying beliefs or fears about delegation is essential before introducing tools or techniques.

  4. In the context of leadership development, 'action learning' is best described as:

    Answer: Solving real organizational problems in teams while reflecting on the process

    Action learning combines working on genuine organizational challenges with structured reflection, making it a powerful leadership development method.

  5. Which model is commonly used in leadership coaching to structure developmental conversations by moving from current state to desired future?

    Answer: GROW Model

    The GROW model (Goal, Reality, Options, Will) provides a structured framework for coaching conversations that move a leader toward desired outcomes.

  6. A leadership development program emphasizes 'psychological safety.' This concept primarily supports:

    Answer: Team members feeling safe to speak up, take risks, and admit mistakes

    Psychological safety, as defined by Amy Edmondson, is the belief that one won't be punished for speaking up, which is critical for learning and innovation.

  7. When developing a leadership pipeline, organizations typically use which framework to identify and prepare high-potential leaders?

    Answer: The 9-Box Grid

    The 9-Box Grid plots employees on performance versus potential axes, helping organizations identify and invest in high-potential leadership candidates.