Chapter 3 fueling the leadership fire

Question 1

As Warren Bennis put it in his book “ On becoming a leader”, leaders deal with organizations and people, so it’s natural that a leader would have to concern himself with the stuff of being human:

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Answer 1

Values, commitments, convictions, passions

Question 2

_____ is one of leaderships essential qualities.

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Answer 2

Insight

Question 3

A personal vision statement provides you with a _________ that you can lean on, and even use as a teaching tool.

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Answer 3

Leadership code

Question 4

Closely re-examining your long-held ideas about yourself, engaging in a personal Socratic dialogue, and examining your past will help you get a sense of your ____________.

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Answer 4

Core capabilities

Question 5

Another way to gather insight into your strengths and weaknesses is to recruit people whom you trust, and ask them to help you put together an______________.

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Answer 5

Assessment of your capabilities

Question 6

Self awareness enables you to examine the gap between where you are now and where you want to be. _________, through learning and self management, is how you’re going to close that gap.

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Answer 6

Development

Question 7

Leadership, after all, is a _______; it rests on a foundation, formed by self knowledge, wisdom, and a broad familiarity with the human condition, and the range of activity of which humans are capable

Answer 7

Liberal art

Question 8

One example of a world class organization that believes in learning from leaders in other industries is the……

Answer 8

US Marine corps

Question 9

Part of being open to learning is taking _____.

Answer 9

Risks

Question 10

Fear of failure keeps many of us from trying things a new way, or attempting to acquire new skills, but all we do when we give into this fear is entrench ourselves in _______.

Answer 10

Mediocrity

Question 11

What did Bossidy and Charan identify what a leaders key qualities are?

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Answer 11

Authenticity, self-awareness, and self mastery.

Question 12

In the end, _________ will give you the insight and wisdom to understand your peoples values and goals, to help them Discover and maximize their strengths while minimizing their weaknesses, and to enable them to perform effectively.

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Answer 12

Self knowledge