Organizational Leadership Flashcards

A coachee wants to raise team performance by setting clear stretch goals and rewarding achievement. This most closely reflects which leadership approach?

Answer: Transactional leadership

Transactional leadership relies on contingent rewards tied to performance against goals.

Which of the 'Four I's' of transformational leadership involves challenging followers to question assumptions and think creatively?

Answer: Intellectual stimulation

Intellectual stimulation encourages innovation by having followers rethink old problems.

In Tuckman's model, a team that has resolved conflicts and begun to agree on roles and working agreements is in which stage?

Answer: Norming

Norming follows storming as the team establishes shared norms and cohesion.

According to Lencioni's Five Dysfunctions of a Team, which dysfunction forms the foundation of the pyramid?

Answer: Absence of trust

Without vulnerability-based trust, the other dysfunctions cascade upward.

A leader consistently aligns actions with stated values, shows self-awareness, and practices balanced processing. This best describes:

Answer: Authentic leadership

Self-awareness, relational transparency, balanced processing, and internalized moral perspective define authentic leadership.

Amy Edmondson's research identifies what team condition as critical for learning and speaking up?

Answer: Psychological safety

Psychological safety is a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking.

In the path-goal theory of leadership, a leader's primary role is to:

Answer: Clarify paths and remove obstacles so followers reach goals

House's path-goal theory frames the leader as clearing the path toward goal attainment and rewards.